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Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds

From Higher Ed Dive: “Nearly 1.2 million college students transferred to new institutions in fall 2024, marking a 4.4% increase in transfers compared to the same period in 2023, according to research released Wednesday from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Transfer students represented 13% of all non-first-year students in fall 2024. Their expanding ranks outpaced reenrollment at the same institution, which grew 2.6% year over year. Compared to fall 2020, transfers rose 7.9% in fall 2024, while nontransfer student numbers fell 3.5% below levels seen four years prior, the clearinghouse found.”

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