<p>Graduation rate in:
4 years --> 84.3%
5 years --> 88.3%
6 years --> 88.3%</p>
<p>In 2003:</p>
<p>86.3% of males graduated within six years
90.7% of females graduated within six years
89.7% of "Whites" graduated within six years
72.2% of African Americans graduated within six years
No data for Asians, Latinos, or Native Americans</p>
<p>The site also does other breakdowns, including SAT, financial assistance, etc.</p>
<p>Hm... I thought I remember reading that grad rate in 4 years is around 90%, but I could be wrong. Def. seems lower than the rest of the small liberal arts colleges...</p>
<p>It could be because a percentage of students is just lazy, it could be because they take time off for internships (W&L is very strict when awarding credit for internships, "we give credit for learning, not experience"), it could be a lot of factors.</p>
<p>The only thing I think it can't be, unlike big colleges, is that students are having trouble getting their required classes to graduate on time. I actually asked my tour guide about it when I was on campus and she told me that problems with scheduling are very rare and there's no problems getting classes you need.</p>
<p>'''It could be because a percentage of students is just lazy, it could be because they take time off for internships (W&L is very strict when awarding credit for internships, "we give credit for learning, not experience"), it could be a lot of factors.''''</p>
<p>Take into consideration that students there also do study abroad for credit or are in majors that may require them to attend their last 2 years at another university possibly making it 5 years to graduation - there are those situations as well at W&L. </p>
<p>And lazy??? haha - there is no room at W&L for lazy you will find. </p>
<p>The only thing I think it can't be, unlike big colleges, is that students are having trouble getting their required classes to graduate on time. I actually asked my tour guide about it when I was on campus and she told me that problems with scheduling are very rare and there's no problems getting classes you need.</p>
<p>'''It could be because a percentage of students is just lazy, it
could be because they take time off for internships (W&L
is very strict when awarding credit for internships, "we give
credit for learning, not experience"), it could be a lot of factors.''''</p>
<p>Take into consideration that students there also do study abroad for credit or are in majors that may require them to attend their last 2 years at another university possibly making it 5 years to graduation - there are those situations as well at W&L. </p>
<p>And lazy??? haha - there is no room at W&L for lazy you will find. Most internships are done over summers - and the school really does not encourage them at other times very often - tho there would be exceptions I am sure. </p>
<pre><code> The only thing I think it can't be, unlike big colleges,
is that students are having trouble getting their required
classes to graduate on time. I actually asked my tour guide
about it when I was on campus and she told me that problems
with scheduling are very rare and there's no problems getting
classes you need.
</code></pre>
<p>The tour guide was pretty right on about the class scheduling - very few problems with that.</p>
<p>Another consideration is the number of students that may leave the school for various and sundry reasons - can't hack it, are expelled for honor code violations, etc....... these affect the graduation rate also - but their graduation numbers are pretty up there on a yearly basis.</p>
<p>You will find that W&L is a very unique school - and they do stand by their honor code and philosophies quite strongly there - much more than other schools might. On graduation - one will find no problems pursuing what ever you want and where ever you want - you will be right beside the Ivy grads in that respect - and achieving great successes in what ever you choose to do.</p>
<p>Hum... I think that about five or ten students leave annually for h. code violations. That will make a small dent in the statistics.</p>
<p>The big one is transferring. If you transfer somewhere, and they find a transfer student at W&L to replace you - neither one of you counts for graduation stats (at least that's how it often works).</p>
<p>Hm... 5 or 10 a year? That's higher than I thought... I remember hearing it was around one a year! Guess I was wrong.</p>
<p>As far as transferring goes, those stats would show that W&L has an abnormally high transfer rate, but I don't think they do, considering they only accept six transfer students per year.</p>
<p>Those stats might be a little outdated. They come from 2003.</p>
<p>Grad rates at public universities are a lot lower because of the crowded classes. About 52% of students actually graduate in 4 years from Berkeley or UCLA.</p>
<p>In addition, sometimes students drop out to deal with family problem, financial issues, etc. So there are a sundry of reasons why the stats for a univ might be less than 90%.</p>
<p>--there's plenty of laziness here, and people know it. It's not like we sit around all day in sweats listening to music, but there's quite a bit of non-work even among the hardest workers. ;)</p>
<p>--One person has withdrawn so far this year (in the face of an EC hearing) that I know of--and the year is halfway over. That should help a bit with that statistic.</p>
<p>--This school isn't for everyone. I myself am not sure if it's truly for me. People transfer; that's a given at any school. If you don't at least give in partially to the atmosphere here, you're in for a very lonely four years.</p>