<p>If the school has a lot of commuter students, then often it will have a lower 4 year graduation rate because students are going to college part-time, working their way thru college. </p>
<p>It doesn’t automatically mean that the students aren’t “serious”. Many, many kids just don’t have full funding support to be able to solely focus on school and take the 15/16 credits each semester to graduate on time.</p>