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How many years did it take you to finish your bachelor's degree? (1 Viewer)

How many years did it take to you to graduate with a bachelor's degree

  • I never graduated

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    Votes: 17 10.8%

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Just wondering how long it took most people to get their first bachelor's degree. DD's thread about 12 year old you got me thinking about how much time I wasted in college in the name of "having fun". I was in college for 6 years all together, one of which was a year long co-op (complete waste of time), so only 5 years of actual classes. I ended up with two degrees, Math and Psychology, but really wish I would have just gave a bit more effort and tried to get out of school in 3.5 / 4 years and then I would already have 5 years of experience in the workforce instead of the 2.5 I have now.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
5 years worth of credits in 4 years. :nerd:
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I wish I had gone this route. After I got back from Co-op I changed my major for EE to Psychology because I was trying to avoid being stuck in a factory. After one semester of that I was like f this, time to get serious. 16+ hours each semester and a full schedule during each remaining summer and I finished two degrees in the last 2 years. If I had just done that from the get go, I'm out of school 1.5 - 2 years earlier. About 30k less in school debt. And if I got the exact same job 2 years earlier, I would have made an extra 100k+ already in my life. Stupid college me.

 
1st go round: flunked out of UC Davis in just four quarters.

2nd go round (20 years later): 4.5 years to graduate from USF.

 
5.5 years, and I started late at 23. Was almost 29 when I graduated. Full-time bartending and not knowing what I wanted to do at first really slowed me down.

 
5- years. I changed my major from CIS to acct/finance - I think I have enough hours for a dual major but what the heck would I do with the cis degree? I wish I would have stayed in college for another few years. You can always make more money, you will never get those college days back..

 
sbonomo said:
5- years. I changed my major from CIS to acct/finance - I think I have enough hours for a dual major but what the heck would I do with the cis degree? I wish I would have stayed in college for another few years. You can always make more money, you will never get those college days back..
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Interesting, I wish I would have gotten out sooner. Maybe 10 years from now my perspective will change again.

 
9 years but I didn't actually go from 2002 till 2006. 99-2001 and then 2006-2008. So I guess 5 ish actually attending.

 
4 years only 1 summer class. Only had classes 2 days a week. Bachelor in finance. No minor (who would pay extra for something no one cares about?)

 
I win this with 9.

ETA: I was in college the entire time except one semester.

 
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For those of you taking more than 4 years to graduate, did you go to a large "party friendly" university or a smaller, more academically oriented college/university? Yes, they party at small schools, but I think the percentage of students attending "only" to party is smaller than at Enormous State U.

 
4 years plus one quarter. I double majored and needed the extra quarter to complete it. It saved me later though because I had less classes to take for the additional education needed to sit for the CPA exams.

 
Dual-degree program where I graduated in 5 years total with both a bachelors and a masters. The bachelors coursework was 3 years, and the masters coursework was 2 years. However, if I had dropped out before completing all 5 years, I wouldn't have received the bachelors.

So, I have no idea how to answer the question.

 
5.5 years for a Bachelors in Mathematics.

Went 3 years full time, then was offered a Full time job, so I took it and finished up the degree part time in 2.5 years.

Was awful hard to finish it up with the decent coin I was making at the time, but I got it done.

 
DCThunder said:
For those of you taking more than 4 years to graduate, did you go to a large "party friendly" university or a smaller, more academically oriented college/university? Yes, they party at small schools, but I think the percentage of students attending "only" to party is smaller than at Enormous State U.
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Large academic school (Iowa State) but spent 3 years in engineering before switching to business. Then I just took my sweet time (2 classes a semester).

 
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Steve Tasker said:
Dual-degree program where I graduated in 5 years total with both a bachelors and a masters. The bachelors coursework was 3 years, and the masters coursework was 2 years. However, if I had dropped out before completing all 5 years, I wouldn't have received the bachelors.

So, I have no idea how to answer the question.
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"I was am a super nerd"

 
3 years. I went year round to get done as quickly as possible to move on to professional school.

 
Spin said:
Just wondering how long it took most people to get their first bachelor's degree. DD's thread about 12 year old you got me thinking about how much time I wasted in college in the name of "having fun". I was in college for 6 years all together, one of which was a year long co-op (complete waste of time), so only 5 years of actual classes. I ended up with two degrees, Math and Psychology, but really wish I would have just gave a bit more effort and tried to get out of school in 3.5 / 4 years and then I would already have 5 years of experience in the workforce instead of the 2.5 I have now.
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Won't make a difference in 20 years.

 
5 years for me. But I had a double major of accounting and poli sci with a minor in history. I partied a lot too.

 
5 years. I had two semesters of co-op that used up a year.

Unlike the original poster, co-op worked out great for me. I had a job waiting for me when I graduated.

 
Co-op'd for 3 years and worked full time for most of the other years - took some time off when I got married. 8 years total.

 
Steve Tasker said:
Dual-degree program where I graduated in 5 years total with both a bachelors and a masters. The bachelors coursework was 3 years, and the masters coursework was 2 years. However, if I had dropped out before completing all 5 years, I wouldn't have received the bachelors.

So, I have no idea how to answer the question.
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You're an accountant, figure it out.

 
3 years classes

+ 1 semester my jr yr interning @ Ernst & Young

Fr - 51 cr hours

So - 39 cr hours

Jr - 21 cr hours

Sr - 9 cr hours

Always took 6-9 hours in the summer. I was pretty motivated after spending 6 years in the Navy. Graduated MCL. Also pledged a fraternity and lived in the frat house the last 2 years, so it was def a well rounded experience.

 
Never got one. I went 2.5 years at a 4 year institute, dropped out, got married and started a family. Went to night school at a tech school and got my associates 9 years after finishing high school.

 
I got my degree 10 years after graduating HS. To be fair there had to be about 3 years in there that I didn't go to school at all. And about another 3 where I didn't take a full course load.

 
2 years as a post secondary student while in high school. Then another 2.5 years after I graduated high school. 4.5 years total.

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
I got my degree 10 years after graduating HS. To be fair there had to be about 3 years in there that I didn't go to school at all. And about another 3 where I didn't take a full course load.
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This is pretty close for me. Finished 11 years after my first classes.

3 schools, 4 majors, multiple careers, wife, child. Working out pretty well now.

 
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