Reflecting back, I still remember the days leading up to my first day at the University of Arizona. I was excited for the fresh start post-high school and embarking on another four-year journey. But the typical four years at college isn’t so typical anymore.
The average four-year graduation rate at public universities is 31 percent (53 percent at private schools) according to Jeff Selingo, the editorial director for the Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview on NPR. So that means in a class of 30 thousand students, roughly 9,300 will graduate in four years. So the other 69 percent of students might be facing a bigger pile of debt by taking those extra years to finish school. ...