Six community colleges that will fast-track you to a bachelor's degree

About 10 years ago, this school, located in Everett, Washington, kicked off a program to improve its transfer results: From 2007 to 20012, the transfer rate went up by 47 percent, according to the Playbook. Further, from 2007 to 2010, the four-year bachelor's degree graduation rate climbed by 57 percent.

The two-year college works closely with Western Washington University, a four-year school, to ensure that community college students narrow down their major and identify their transfer destination so that they're ready to pursue a bachelor's degree program.