A COMPARISON OF FOUR AND SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATES AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Jeff Anstine

Business Education and Accreditation, 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, 61-72

Abstract: Tuition at colleges and universities has increased enormously over the past few decades. Thus, more than ever before, it is very important for students to not just graduate, but graduate in the expected four years to minimize tuition payments and lessen student debt. When institutions of higher education recruit students they state that they will be the ‘Class of 202*’ assuming that they graduate in four years. However, these same schools report graduation rates at 150 percent of the expected completion time, which is in six years. Thus, there is a disconnect between the implied, promised graduation rate and the actual graduation rate provided to the public. This research examines factors that differ on the impact of the reported six-year graduation rates and four-year ones.

Keywords: Graduation Rates; Colleges; Universities; Higher Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A20 A22 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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