Accurate measures of transfer are important to the assessment of community college outcomes. This article uses a relatively new database from the National Student Clearinghouse to assess transfer rates at the State University of New York community colleges. Past studies only tracked students within the public sector of a given state. Once transfers to out-of-state and private college are considered, the results of this study indicate that people may be underestimating the transfer rate by as much as 25%. While the data has its own limitations, it is an improvement from existing methods for tracking transfers from two-year to four-year colleges in the U.S. When it is linked to state and institutional data, it can provide a powerful tool for understanding the nature of the transfer process. (Contains 5 tables.)