Students who are eager to pursue four-year degrees without taking on too much student debt are increasingly turning to community colleges as their first step to a bachelor’s degree.
But transferring across institutions often isn’t easy, and many students lose credits when they transition from a two-year to a four-year institution.
Despite that loss in credits, a new paper from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College finds that attending a community college first and transferring is less expensive than enrolling at a four-year institution as a freshman.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/22/despite-credit-loss-starting-two-year-college-can-be-inexpensive-start-four-year
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