Transfer Students
Transfer Report: Executive Summary
This 2025 Executive Summary provides an overview of the 6 different reports included throughout a series of reports studying UIC transfer students.
Transfer Report 1: Background Information on the Students
This 2025 report is the first in the series and provides an overview of the full study, describing the participants and methodology to conduct this study. Report 1 also focuses on describing the population of UIC transfer students by presenting student background demographic information and characteristics
Transfer Report 2: Preparation and Enrollment
This 2025 report is the second in the series and it examines the enrollment of UIC transfer students, looking at where they came from, their pathway into UIC, and their participation in Orientation. Challenges in the enrollment process are identified.
Transfer Report 3: Academic Success
This 2025 report is the third in the series and explores the academic success of UIC transfer students, focusing on transfer on-track, retention, graduation, pass rates in coursework, and post-college success in work and graduate/professional school. Support for and barriers to their academic success are identified.
Transfer Report 4: Financing College
This 2025 report is the fourth in the series and it assesses how UIC transfer students are financing college (or not). It further describes the degree to which transfer students have access to basic needs such as food and housing, as these can create impediments to their success.
Transfer Report 5: Co-Curricular Student Learning
This 2025 report is the fifth in the series and it seeks to understand UIC transfer students’ co-curricular learning in areas of self-awareness; skills to be real-world ready; justice, equity, diversity and inclusion; transformational leadership; and belonging.
Transfer Report 6: How Students Engage with Campus
This 2025 report is the sixth and final in the series and it examines how students are engaging with the campus, exploring how they participate in activities, utilize services, access resources, and experience various aspects of student engagement.