National Center for Education Statistics

Transfer-out rates at 4-year and 2-year Title IV institutions reporting transfers, by control and level of institution, gender, and transfer-out rate component: United States, cohort years 1998 and 2001
Level of institution, gender, and transfer-out rate component	Total	Public	Private not-for-profit	Private for-profit
All students
Adjusted cohort	1,967,013	1,324,790	421,842	220,381
Total transfers out	191,354	170,587	18,157	2,610
Transfer-out rate (%)	9.7	12.9	4.3	1.2
Men
Adjusted cohort	904,358	615,451	188,540	100,367
Total transfers out	90,641	81,177	8,451	1,013
Transfer-out rate (%)	10.0	13.2	4.5	1.0
Women
Adjusted cohort	1,062,655	709,339	233,302	120,014
Total transfers out	100,713	89,410	9,706	1,597
Transfer-out rate (%)	9.5	12.6	4.2	1.3
4-year
Adjusted cohort	1,224,170	758,902	403,288	61,980
Total transfers out	100,585	82,694	16,752	1,139
Transfer-out rate (%)	8.2	10.9	4.2	1.8

Men
Adjusted cohort	561,030	345,989	179,019	36,022
Total transfers out	45,862	37,555	7,797	510
Transfer-out rate (%)	8.2	10.9	4.4	1.4
Women
Adjusted cohort	663,140	412,913	224,269	25,958
Total transfers out	54,723	45,139	8,955	629
Transfer-out rate (%)	8.3	10.9	4.0	2.4
2-year
Adjusted cohort	742,843	565,888	18,554	158,401
Total transfers out	90,769	87,893	1,405	1,471
Transfer-out rate (%)	12.2	15.5	7.6	0.9

Men
Adjusted cohort	343,328	269,462	9,521	64,345
Total transfers out	44,779	43,622	654	503
Transfer-out rate (%)	13.0	16.2	6.9	0.8
Women
Adjusted cohort	399,515	296,426	9,033	94,056
Total transfers out	45,990	44,271	751	968
Transfer-out rate (%)	11.5	14.9	8.3	1.0

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005.