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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only about 60% of incoming students graduate. Of the 40% who leave, 12% transferred. Does anyone know why this rate is so high? I want to like my in-state options, but this is disappointing! [/quote]
UMBC is a school that has a very large contingent of lower income, first-gen, commuters, and/or underrepresented minorities. They often have to work many hours, commute to school from a far distance, and face barriers to success that higher income students do not. [/quote]

True but the school needs to figure it out. It serves no one when a kid doesn’t graduate and walks away in debt and having lost years of earnings potential. [/quote]
and precisely how do you suggest they do that?[/quote]

Because I don’t have that answer they don’t need to bother? It is a college’s job to educate its students. Grad rates this low means something is broken. I’m not saying it’s easy or confined to UMBC. But it’s not working for far too many kids. [/quote]

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