<p>I agree with NYSMILES on this, off-hand I dont know of any cases of a SUNY student who could not graduate in 4 years due to being locked out of courses. I believe theses days the national average for college graduation is around 4.9 years, so this is not just a SUNY thing. While being locked out of a course does occasionally happen most people either are able to take it a following semester or in a summer program. As NYSMILES pointed out, there are more significant reasons why students dont graduate within 4 years. Such as working off campus jobs during the semester to support themselves, which is more evident at some of the SUNYs then lets say Harvard. Also its not uncommon that people screw up and fail courses or decide to change majors and /or switch schools which in many cases will delay graduation. I would think those reasons are the more prominent ones. I dont believe you have any less of a chance on average of graduating at a SUNY in 4 years then any OOS public or private college.</p>