<p>Making up for some of the difference in cost per year is the greater likelihood at the UC’s of dragging out college for more than four years. This involves the opportunity cost of lost income, which, graduating from such an august institution, should be significant.</p>
<p>[For</a> example,](<a href=“College Navigator - Compare Institutions”>College Navigator - Compare Institutions) Pomona College’s four year graduation rate is 86%, UC Berkeley 61%. That is a big difference.</p>