A transfer student has different needs than a first-year student. For this reason, many four-year institutions have developed orientation and registration programs for transfer students. The transfer orientation and registration programs differ from the traditional programs that a first-year student attends and are potentially designed to meet the wide scale needs of a diverse transfer student population. Have these programs had any effect on the academic success of transfer students? Research on the effectiveness of these programs 1s scarce. The purpose of this study was to determine if attending registration programs developed at North Dakota State University improved degree completion and retention rates for transfer students, how these numbers differ regarding different characteristics of these students, and if these students eventually completed a degree elsewhere if they did not complete at North Dakota State University. This paper explored the effectiveness of the types of registration programs a transfer student attends when transferring to North Dakota State University compared to the transfer student registering on his or her own. It compared the degree completion and retention rates of the transfer students in the study and looked for evidence that the programming offered transfer students to facilitate registration for their course work is beneficial to their academic success. This paper is an analysis of the data provided by North Dakota State University and the National Student Clearinghouse on a group of transfer students who matriculated from a transferring institution to North Dakota State University in the fall of 2006. These students transferred from two- and four-year institutions and their data was compared in a number of patterns to ascertain the effectiveness of registration programs offered at North Dakota State University. From the analysis of this data emerged recommendations as to how to improve transfer student programming to ensure transfer student success at North Dakota State University.