<p>Stanford has very right restrictions that prevent anyone from taking more than 20 credits per quarter while not allowing any freshman more than 45 credits coming in. So at a minimum a freshman would require 3 years for undergrad and 2+ years if they had classes qualifying for 45 hours. A master’s requires an additional 45 hours.</p>
<p>Schools like Harvard and Stanford don’t believe in helping students graduate early. Their view is that college is a lot more than getting a bunch of credits to graduate and one has not had the full experience trying to breeze through classes if they have not spent time doing lots of other things while in college.</p>