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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.[/quote]

What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."[/quote]

Right.  Fewer than half.  But unlike them, I actually graduated.[/quote]

Where is your cite? I don’t believe you [/quote]

Go to the College Navigator website. Look up Longwood University. Look at the tab for graduation and retention rates.

80% of full-time freshmen who started in fall 2023 returned for fall 2024.
48% of the full-time, first-time students starting in fall 2018 graduated in four years(spring 2022); 61% graduated in six years (spring 2024).
 Keep in mind this spans the Covid years, so a good number may have taken a semester or two off, artificially reducing their four-year grad rate.

College Navigator has just been updated within the last few weeks with the most recent IPEDS data in this category.[/quote]

So their graduation rate is above 50% lol as expected PP was full of $hit [/quote]

Four year graduation rate is 48 percent.  Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.[/quote]

Colleges always cite the 6 year rate. [/quote]

Time to be blunt.  Four year graduation rates matter at the institutional level. Yes, for some it may take longer but typically six year students take on increased debt and delay entry into the workforce.  Longwood compares favorably to a peer school, Radford, which has a 34-35 percent four year rate.  6 year graduation is not mono-causal, but if a school doesn't make it easy to get required classes in time, well that is important to know.

There are success stories.  Boise State's President in the early 2000 was pushing Congress to dissolve the Power 5 (now Power 4) football monopoly.  It was his primary concern. The school then had a 4 year grad rate of 5%. What a case of misplaced values.  After much work by their administration, the 4 year rate if up to 40%, with the 6 year rate at 61%. Kudos to them.

I am not sure the rate itself, however, is relevant to an individual student.  If they are serious about studies, and they don't intend to switch majors, Longwood (or Radford, for that matter) can be the right fit for some.  A friend's son went to Longwood for a PE major and is an excellent high school teacher and coach in the state. He made the varsity team at Longwood (walk-on), something not realistic at a P4 program. Always seemed a great choice to me. I don't have coaching or teaching skills (no patience) but I look upon the life this guy leads and am happy for him. 
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You’re right, graduating in 4 years delays entry into the workforce for those that don’t graduate in 3 years. 3 year graduation rates are very important. [b]See how picking arbitrary numbers doesn’t accomplish anything?[/quote][/b]

And your nasty, unhelpful comment means what, exactly?[/quote]

Your tantrum is cute, sweetie. You were right that you lack patience. Unfortunately, it impacts your ability to form a coherent argument. [/quote]

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