"For millions of students, the path to a degree isn’t a straight shot through a single college. In fact, more than a third of undergrads transfer schools at least once.
Despite its prevalence, however, transferring can prove tricky—particularly to take the credits you’ve already earned with you.
A 2014 report from the National Center for Education Statistics found that students who transferred lost an average of 13 credits, equal to nearly an entire semester’s worth of tuition. And a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office study showed that students who transferred between public schools lost an estimated 37% of their credits. Transfers between private colleges or a public and a private, which are less common, resulted in even more lost credits." …
http://time.com/money/5479015/2018-best-colleges-transfer-students/