Not Graduating College On Time

soon2bcpa
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:03:12 +0000

I am an accounting major who just finished my 4th year out of the 5 year program. The board requires a minimum of 150 credit hours to sit for the CPA Exam in my state. I am currently doing a co-op at a large national CPA Firm, which will last until December. Afterwards, I have an internship at a Big 4 Accounting firm starting next January and will last until late-April. As a result, I will not have any time to take classes. These internships will push my graduation date by a year so I will graduate in 6 years instead of 5, and I will be almost 25 years old (started college at 19, right after high school).

However, my uncle (a CPA) told me that I will have more experience and possibly a job offer at the end of this. He also told me that its better to graduate later with a job offer than to graduate early or on time without a job. He has told me stories of college graduates being underemployed or unemployed due to lack of experience.

Does it matter how long it takes one to graduate from college?