claim: on average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."
author: ron johnson
evidence_1: dec 16, 2015 ... securing a college degree takes four years, right? ... only 50 of the more than  580 public four-year institutions have graduation rates above 50%. ... graduate  on time will spend 40% less than those who graduate in six years. ... credits,  while most students end up taking an average of 134 credits to obtain ...
evidence_2: dec 1, 2014 ... a new report says that only 19 percent of students graduated in four ... education  costs too much, takes too long and graduates too few.” ... use benchmarks of six  years to earn a bachelor's degree and three years for an associate degree. ...  each year, the report said, 1.7 million students begin college in ...
evidence_3: dec 2, 2014 ... colleges have added too many unnecessary degree requirements ... graduate  on time if they do it within six years, rather than four. ... added year at a public four -year college, according to a new report by ... tack on another 20.3 credits for the  average amount of courses that students fail, repeat or withdraw ...
evidence_4: jul 28, 2018 ... students who pay per-semester get the better deal. for the 2017-2018 school  year, tuition at a four-year private college costs an ... a huge trend for full-time  bachelor's degree students is taking around six years to graduate.
evidence_5: how does the population of community college students break down by ... how  does remedial course-taking differ for different demographic groups? ..... how  many college students who transfer to four-year colleges complete a bachelor's  degree within six years of ... do certificates help community college students get  jobs?