<p>1986 graduate in 4 or less yrs, out of the original 3745. (53.03%!!!!)
1108 more graduate between 4 and 5 years
148 graduate between 5 and 6 yrs
and so the SIX year graduation rate is 86.6%!!! </p>
<p>=[ whoa that is scary. is there some reason for this? </p>
<p>also, the chairperson of bioengineering said that the graduation rate of bioengineers at cal is 95% (in 4 yrs i think)..so is that true? lol it doesnt seem that bioengineers would graduate at such a higher rate than the overall one.</p>
<p>When people take longer to graduate, that usually means they spent one year or two being exploratory with random courses that didn't pertain to a major.</p>
<p>Rarer cases are that either the particular student decided to double/triple/quad major (yes, some people quad major... few, but they're out there) and planned it to take more than four years (or just plainly didn't plan well enough) or a particular class was unavailable that a student needed to graduate so he/she had to stay a little longer (this is very rare, as classes usually have reserved seats for such a scenario, however, it does happen).</p>
<p>Plan well, and you should be fine. Have your plan be flexible too, since sometimes, the courses you need to don't appear at nonoverlapping/convenient/when you want it time. I'm planning (tenetively) triple major and expecting to get out in four years.</p>
<p>"SIX year graduation rate is 86.6%!!! " that is correct, at a CAL orientation the speaker told us this startling fact.
Most reasons is becuase people at CAL tend to study abroad for a year and other people work alot so they spread out their courses over 4-5 years.</p>
<p>Yep, s'why I'm graduating in 5 years. I went abroad. Do I regret it? No. Well, that an Double Majors usually take another semester or even a year anyway. And it's not scary at all, national averages are having people graduate in 4.5-5 years anyway.</p>
<p>Some people are in a rush to leave, others, trying to stay as long as possible. The college of L and S (the main college on campus) has tightned down on getting people out sooner. I plan on doing two majors, or a major and a minor, and studying abroad for at least a semester, and I'm in no rush to get out.</p>
<p>I wish I could stay longer, but there are the issues called money (aka, my folks are rattling my cage for me to get a job ;) ) and unit caps. All in all, I'm probably gonna say when I get out of Berkeley: The first year and a half sucked balls, the last three and a half ranged from pretty good to rocked.</p>
<p>Students in College of Engineering have to graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>As for myself, right now as I finish my freshmen year, I'm set to graduate in 4 years with two majors, with a semester abroad or in Washington, DC.</p>