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Including those who never got a Bachelor's Degree at all.
ME!
Graduated from a private University at age 26.....with no student loans or any scholarships/grants. Took me longer because I paid my own tuition (about 70K back then).
I know some people who never got a degree and never plan on getting one, and OTOH I know people who took a bit longer than the typical just out of high school, four years in a row thing. My uncle took literally decades to go as far as he wanted to in the education world and my husband I think was 24 when he got his BA. I'm 49 and have just started working toward mine (BA).
I graduated in 3 years, but that included three full summers. I actually went 9 semesters, 4 1/2 school years. That's the way the program was set up. If I'd had my druthers, 4 years would have been better.
So, it's supposed to take 4 years to graduate college. However, what makes me think that the norm is 3 years is that I'll be graduating college after 3.5 years and everyone tells me that I'm old for when I'll be graduating from college. If I'm graduating early, I should be on the young side, not the old side. Old would be a semester or more late, not a semester early. So what do you think? Would you say the norm is now 3 years? Or at least 3.5 years?
I've never heard of this. You seem to be overthinking the whole thing. Your age at graduation doesn't make any difference, anyway. If you want to graduate early, you can take summer classes, if your school offers them. There's no need to rush, though. Learn to tune people out, who misadvise you and spout nonsense.
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