Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:50     Subject: Longwood

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the 6 year graduation rate still low at just 62%?


It’s not bad when you consider the underrepresented students Longwood admits. It’s actually more impressive than schools like UVA that admit the best kids then pat themselves on the back for a high grad rate. It’s not impressive to graduate smart rich kids. It IS impressive to graduate kids that otherwise might not have gone to college.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:47     Subject: Longwood

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the 6 year graduation rate still low at just 62%?


Yes, it is. And posters are being ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:43     Subject: Longwood

Isn’t the 6 year graduation rate still low at just 62%?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:43     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report


4 year rate is meaningless.


Then why does the Commonwealth of Virginia track it for all of its colleges? Why does US News report it? And why is it the goal of virtually every parent whose kid attends a decent college?


It’s a benchmark to see how students are progressing. What matters is that students do indeed finish, the 6 year rate helps with that.


Actually you have it backwards.

https://hechingerreport.org/how-the-college-lobby-got-the-government-to-measure-graduation-rates-over-six-years-instead-of-four/
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:42     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report


4 year rate is meaningless.


Then why does the Commonwealth of Virginia track it for all of its colleges? Why does US News report it? And why is it the goal of virtually every parent whose kid attends a decent college?


It’s a benchmark to see how students are progressing. What matters is that students do indeed finish, the 6 year rate helps with that.


Six years of college means two more years of tuition payments. It does indeed matter.


More than likely it means a student took some time off, so not actually paying for 6 years.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:40     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report


4 year rate is meaningless.


Then why does the Commonwealth of Virginia track it for all of its colleges? Why does US News report it? And why is it the goal of virtually every parent whose kid attends a decent college?


It’s a benchmark to see how students are progressing. What matters is that students do indeed finish, the 6 year rate helps with that.


Six years of college means two more years of tuition payments. It does indeed matter.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:33     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report


4 year rate is meaningless.


Then why does the Commonwealth of Virginia track it for all of its colleges? Why does US News report it? And why is it the goal of virtually every parent whose kid attends a decent college?


It’s a benchmark to see how students are progressing. What matters is that students do indeed finish, the 6 year rate helps with that.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:31     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report


4 year rate is meaningless.


Then why does the Commonwealth of Virginia track it for all of its colleges? Why does US News report it? And why is it the goal of virtually every parent whose kid attends a decent college?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:26     Subject: Re:Longwood

Anonymous wrote:Daughter applied, got accepted, but will go somewhere else. The business program (her intended major) is not accredited and that’s a big red flag. Other majors might be fine.


Longwood business is accredited by AACSB.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 21:25     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report


4 year rate is meaningless.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:56     Subject: Re:Longwood

Daughter applied, got accepted, but will go somewhere else. The business program (her intended major) is not accredited and that’s a big red flag. Other majors might be fine.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:40     Subject: Longwood

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:31     Subject: Longwood

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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:30     Subject: Longwood

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:29     Subject: Longwood

Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


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.


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