<p>It’s totally not uncommon to graduate within four years. In fact, I know several a few people that did so in less than four years. You need to be on top of your classes and requirements though.</p>
<p>There’s some odd discrepancy between four years and 12 quarters. The latter’s graduation rate is significantly higher than the former. For example, UCLA’s four-year graduation rate may have been 69%, but it’s 12 quarter graduation rate was 81%</p>
<p><a href=“UC student graduation rates hit a 20-year high | UCLA”>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/uc-student-graduation-rates-hit-246210</a></p>
<p>Even more noteworthy, it’s 13 quarter graduation rate was 89%. I have a few friends who stayed a bit longer at UCLA (extra quarter or extra year.) All did so by choice. All of them had enough units to graduate but wanted to stay longer for a variety of reasons (e.g. taking more classes, doing study abroad, etc.)</p>