This paper discusses student transfer from community colleges to universities from three perspectives: 1) How are transfer rates calculated? 2) What are the effects of state and institutional policies on transfer rates? and 3) Why are the transfer rates in some colleges consistently above or below the norm for their state? Each topic is discussed along with suggestions for increasing the number of transfers through structural and policy changes. The author concludes that transfer rates will certainly increase over the next several years as the universities are unable to accommodate an increasing number of applicants for their freshman classes and they divert more qualified students to other sectors. Therefore, realizing the unlikelihood of major structural changes in public higher education systems, the community colleges will have to work to ensure that transfer is feasible for all students wishing to move on to the next level of schooling.