<p>The only graduation rate that truly matters is your own.</p>
<p>Will you be attending full-time, or will you be attending part-time because of family or work responsibilities? </p>
<p>Are a lot of the courses in your major in a strict sequence (this is very common in Engineering or Nursing)? If so, are they offered every semester, or does repeating a class mean that a student needs to wait a whole year? </p>
<p>Are many of the classes oversubscribed so students who need that class often can’t get into the course at all? If so, how long must someone be in the major before they can get priority for scheduling?</p>
<p>If you will attend full-time, the courses that you need aren’t locked into a sequence and/or are available every semester, and you will always be able to get into the classes that you need, there is no reason whatsoever to believe that you can’t finish in four years provided that you actually do all of the work required for those classes.</p>