Every school has them. I have noticed that some colleges report the percentage of first year students that do not return for their second year at that school. Freshman retention and graduation rates are numbers that all colleges would have access to. In fact, colleges must report graduation rates as part of their requirements for federal financial assistance. If a college reports a lower freshman retention, you should ask why, but don t assume that a lower number is be a bad thing.
Many colleges thrive on preparing students for transfer to other sc hools.
These schools accept that as an important function, and they often do their jobs well. Larger, more prestigious schools have also come to accept the value of a transfer student, and over the years, have done much to ease the burden for students of transitions.