<p>On another thread, collegehelp made the following comments,</p>
<p>“In calculating graduation rates for US News and most other sources, students in 4-year programs are allowed 6 years to graduate and students in 5-year programs (e.g. engineering) are allowed 7.5 years to graduate.”</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>“In the US Department of Education IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey, the benchmark for all graduation rate reporting, there is a supplement for 5-year programs’ graduation rate after 7.5 years. I think it is a federal law. And, associates programs are only allowed 3 years to graduate.”</p>
<p>I thought that this information might be helpful and could provide some statistical comfort who felt that some students/schools would be disadvantaged by a 4-year graduation rate as part of a ranking survey. </p>
<p>I don’t know the answer to unregistered’s questions above. Anybody??</p>