<p>One more issue to consider: Students who spend two years at a CC and then transfer don’t have the option of staying on a campus where they have made good friends. They have to leave, and all the other students in their position are also leaving (some, probably, to attend the same state university).</p>
<p>But a student at an LAC who leaves after two years is leaving friends that he could have stayed with for two more years. This could be a brutally painful experience, especially if he has made good friends and likes the school.</p>