Success of junior college transfer students in the four-year journalism program at Fresno State College

The objective of this study was to find out whether or not journalism transfer graduates who did their lower division work at a junior college achieved as well academically at Fresno State College as did the native graduates, those students who attended the college all four years. Specifically: Is there a significant difference in the scholastic achievement of journalism transfer students as compared with that of native students when the following Grade Point Averages are used as measures of achievements?