<p>I think the higher graduation rate is also because the kids’ parents are paying a lot for the education and they are also taking big loans. There don’t seem to be too many students who come here paying a lot of money to waste thier education partying as it happens in many other state schools where tuition is cheap and it is “affordable” to fail classes and perhaps stay for a fifth or sixth year.</p>
<p>But I agree with SpacePope. The professors and staff here seem to all genuinely care about the education of thier students. This is the case of many professors elsewhere although there are some professors at other schools who probably see undergrad students and teaching in general as a burden against thier professional success.</p>