Time – Kaitlin Mulhere
“Only 52.9% of those who enrolled in 2009 earned a degree within six years. The percentage of college students who earn their degree within six years has fallen again this year, according to a report released today by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The national six-year completion rate for students who enrolled in the fall of 2009 was 52.9%. That’s down 2.1 percentage points from last year’s results, which looked at students who enrolled in 2008, and double the size of last year’s decline. Unlike last year, though, completion rates this year fell at every type of college and across all student subgroups.”(more)