Seattle U 4-year Graduation Rate

<p>Son is considering applying to SU school of business (undergraduate). In looking at the school's 4-year graduation rate of 52% (per CollegeData.com) we're concerned that the chances of a 5th year of school are high which then becomes a significant detractor financially.</p>

<p>Would like to get student/parent opinions on class availability and their experiences with trying to obtain a business degree (or any other degree, for that matter) within a 4-year timeframe at SU. I realize that student motivation, one's major, etc. can all play a big role but most interested in if the university in general tries to make this a possibility or if one seems to have to 'fight the system' in order to accomplish it.</p>

<p>On a side note, has anyone by chance noticed if graduation within 4-years has become noticeably harder since the downturn in the economy in the past 2-3 years?</p>

<p>Wow - that is low… why don’t you call the university and ask them? It seems they could let you know whether they have an unusual number of students who begin and don’t get a degree, or ???</p>

<p>shoot4moon - we will if/when we get to that point in the selection process. Mainly looking for some objective input from students &/or their parents who have direct experience with SU for now.</p>

<p>Just toured Seattle univ two days ago. Incredible campus. Wow. Grounds are immaculate, interesting, inspiring. Library is state of the art. Housing is nice. Admissions office was extremely helpful. Our D is only a soph in HS but they gave her a mock interview with one on one 2 hr tour. Our guide was a 5th yr senior but had traveled abroad twice in four years, with double major.</p>

<p>I’m a current junior at Seattle U, and what cecilturtle said at the end there is pretty much what I’ve observed. I’ve never noticed SU having a greater percentage of students doing >4 years than the schools where my siblings/friends have gone, but I do feel like a ridiculous number of students double major and/or study abroad. Studying abroad can be a little trickier to fit in to the quarter system and at a smallish school. Also, of the folks I can think of here who’ve taken longer than four years, most have only taken an extra quarter or two and not a full fifth year. </p>

<p>I changed my major again at the beginning of this year (burned a lot of elective space finding out I was wrong about most of the things I thought I wanted to do last year), hope to study abroad this fall and should still be able to graduate on time.</p>

<p>Thank you so much, Shifty Eyes! We are visiting next month now that DD is accepted, and plan to sniff around on this issue. I am ok with a fifth year if it because of the factors you described (especially if it is part of a year) but don’t want it to be that they can’t get the classes. </p>

<p>I was very impressed by the variety of core classes offered on our closer look - I want to go back to school!!!</p>