<p>On grad rates:</p>
<p>No. Colleges get screwed by transfers in reporting these numbers. Students who transfer OUT reduce the graduation rates. Students who transfer IN are not counted and do not increase the numbers.</p>
<p>Frankly, the numbers are not reliable for subgroups in a one year period. You might only have ten African American males in a graduating class at Swarthmore. So one student transferring closer to home can change the grad rate by 10%.</p>