Five Biggest Trends in College Admissions

[ucbalumnus]

@Much2learn

There are two problems with college today that stand above all others: 1) it is very expensive, and 2) the graduation rates are awful. I read in WSJ that only 53% of students who started a four-year college degree program, have graduated six years later. That’s right, 53% in 6 years. That is just terrible. (I found it! https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-graduation-rate-shrinks-study-finds-1447774973)

So after all that time, 47% of new college students have 6 years of college costs and still do not have a degree. That is truly the worst possible outcome.

It is likely that many of those who have started college but have not graduated 6 years later stopped attending college much earlier (e.g. after 1-2 years), or are still attending on a part-time basis (often at a low cost commuter college), rather than having attended an expensive college for 6 years.