Colleges offer four-year graduation guarantees

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<p>Several California State Universities offer four year graduation pledges, with typical restrictions (follow your major’s course plan, not change majors (or not after some small number of semesters or quarters), not need remedial course work, etc.), even though their actual four year graduation rates are very low (like under 20%). The benefit is that the student gets priority registration in courses needed to graduate in four years and/or tuition-free extra semester or quarter if the student cannot graduate on time due to course unavailability.</p>

<p>Bakersfield
Fresno
Pomona
San Bernardino
San Marcos
Stanislaus</p>

<p>Long Beach and Northridge apparently had four year graduation pledge programs in the 1990s.</p>

<p>Most of these CSUs are not highly selective, and it is likely that many of their students need remedial courses or would struggle with full course loads averaging 15 credit units per semester or quarter (thus not being able to follow their majors’ course plans).</p>

<p>Some other schools like Minnesota and Iowa State have four year graduation pledges.</p>

<p>A previous thread on this topic: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1332448-colleges-four-year-guarantees-their-actual-four-year-graduation-rates.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1332448-colleges-four-year-guarantees-their-actual-four-year-graduation-rates.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;