“To pay the tuition for lost credits…U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that community college learners transferring to public four-years would have to pay $2,100, while those transferring to private four-years would pay an additional $8,000. 

For Pell Grant recipients, the average additional semester it takes to complete adds nearly $2,000 in costs to the federal government (U.S. GAO, 2017). 

An analysis from Texas estimated a total cost of lost credits at $350 million per year, with $227 million of that borne by learners, or about $2,850 per learner. The remaining $123 million is borne by the state and institutions (Texas Association of Community Colleges, 2021). 

The U.S. GAO report looked solely at the cost of tuition and fees, while the Texas analysis considered total educational expenditures to deliver the credits,” according to the white paper by The Center For Higher Education Policy and Practice, The Cost of Today’s College Transfer System For Learners and The Mindsets and Practices that Reduce Them. 

 
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