<p>How long does it take for most engineering students to graduate?</p>
<p>For a bachelors? Four years?</p>
<p>I am going to take 5 years..</p>
<p>I'd say the average, over all institutions is about 5.5 years.</p>
<p>Is that the institution's length, or is that because of changing majors/failing courses/etc? Just curious. I haven't come across any 5 year engineering programs in the schools around me.</p>
<p>Most schools outline schedules for 4 years starting with 100 level courses, however they usually have little wiggleroom. Even a small extension - failing a class, lowering your classload due to stress, going abroad, doing a co-op, etc - can put you a semester or two behind. However, if you have APs, it's also possible to waive out of a year's worth of coursework in many schools and finish in 3 years. I've seen both, but those in the former category vastly outnumber the latter, skewing the numbers to the higher side.</p>
<p>I'd say between 4 and 4.5 years. If you do a co-op program, it's obviously going to take longer, and if you come in with enough AP credit it can easily go down.</p>
<p>If you properly plan everything out you can get done in four years if you don't mind taking 18 hrs a semester. I would say that 4.5-5 years is pretty common though do to class availability/conflict issues. If you go by the outline the school gives you, you will be fine. However, even missing one class early on can cause you to graduate late do to class conflicts/availability later on. Typically, at least at my school, most 400 level engineering classes are only offered once per year so if you miss one the first time around you're going to be a semester behind right there.</p>
<p>I'm gonna agree with RacinReaver on this one - for engineering it typically takes 4-4.5 years to graduate. 4 years seems to be the norm at my school, and individuals that choose to take part in a coop usually graduate in 4.5 years (some will cram in 21 credit semesters to try and graduate in the 4 though). I know hardly anyone graduating in 5 years besides architects and people that change their major from like management to nuclear engineering after a year. Pace yourself though, if you feel like you'd need another year, go for it then. You don't want to burn out.</p>