Last night I was updating the FAFSA and in it was the graduation rates for colleges. The College Navigator by the US Department of Education has all sorts of useful information on colleges.

I was surprised that Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly both have graduation rates just above 50%.  And the majority of students take longer than 4 years to get a degree.   At Cal Poly, Pomona only 15% of students finish in 4 years, 16% at Cal State Fullerton..  At Scripps, in contrast, 87% graduate with 9% transferring, and 84% are within 4 years.

Yes, I am a Cal Poly Alumni and I did the 5 year plan (Engineering should be called a 5 year program there).

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