In Michigan there are transfer programs from 2-year schools to 4-year schools. I’m a product of that: Mott College to Michigan State (67). Another, way more prominent transfer was famed aircraft designer Kelly Johnson, he went from Mott to the University of Michigan after two years at Mott. Sadly, most of us don’t put that fact on our resumes. I only found out about Johnson from Mott itself. Would I have stayed at Mott if it was four year? No. State had one of the best programs in the country in my major.
I also went to Mott. Ended up at the University of Dallas.