San Diego Miramar College has been recognized as California’s number one rated community college for Campuswide Transfer-Level English Success, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity after a look at 2023-2024 transfer data.
The top three California Community Colleges in supporting the highest percentage of students to complete a transfer-level English course within one year of their initial enrollment (academic year 2023-24) are: Miramar College, Chabot College, and Coastline College.
During the 2023-2024 academic year, 85.3% of first-year Miramar College students completed transfer-level English within one year of their initial enrollment in an English course.
“It is an honor to be number one in the state,” said Michael Odu, vice president of Instruction for San Diego Miramar College. “This shows the resolve of our college to think ‘outside the box’ and provide English courses that students engage in. Our English faculty designed different ways to teach the subject by creating courses like English from a Latino Perspective and using those life experiences to center how they teach.”
On Oct. 23, 2025, the Campaign for College Opportunity honored 40 California Community Colleges and California State Universities (CSU) as Pathway Champions for their work paving pathways to college and economic opportunity for thousands of California students by strengthening the transfer process.
Campuses were awarded for their efforts in implementing two landmark policies: equitable placement (AB 705 and 1705, Irwin), which maximizes student success in transfer-level courses at California Community Colleges, and Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) implementation, which has simplified transfer between community colleges and CSUs.
These reforms have been pivotal as students are increasingly being supported to succeed in courses that count towards their transfer goals and placed on an expedited, guaranteed path to a four-year degree, particularly Latinx and Black Californians, who have long faced disproportionate obstacles in completing their degrees.
Supporting higher education is vital to the future of California, especially communities colleges, where nearly two-thirds of California’s college students begin their higher education journey. Historically, transferring from community college to a four-year university has been filled with systemic barriers, with only 7 percent of transfer-intending students being able to transfer within two years, prior to 2015. In the decade since, thanks to the implementation of ADT and placement policies, more students are transferring faster, with 10% of current community college students transferring within two years and 19 percent after four years. While there is room for improvement, this growth showcases the vital importance of the work that this year’s Pathway Champions are doing and presents a major solution to the looming economic challenges that California faces.
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