Only 1 in 5 CA community college students transfer to university [Video]

SAN DIEGO — For many community college students, a new semester means a step closer to transferring to a four-year university. 

“Coming to community college allows students to be able to transfer to maybe a more prestigious college that they might want to go to,” San Diego Miramar College Student Taha Baig said. 

Taha wants to transfer to the University of California Los Angeles or the University of California Santa Barbara and join their Biosych program. 

“It’s a little difficult to transfer and know what you need to do in order to get your degree,” Baig said. 

“Difficult,” is a word that describes the findings from a state audit. The report states only about 21% of students who started community college from 2017 to 2019 with intentions to transfer did so within four years. 

The audit …