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Re:Explaining the Widening Divides in US Midlife Mortality: ... by foundddit on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @11:12PM (#46308836)
Apparently nearly half of college students drop out. [1] That gives us most people going to college, but a significant portion not graduating.

[1] https://educationdata.org/college-dropout-rates

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Re:Explaining the Widening Divides in US Midlife Mortality: ... by red-iron-pine on Thursday December 18, 2025 @01:15PM (#46316371)
stats also show that the average student is now taking longer to graduate, easing towards ~6 years instead of 4

takeaway is probably that a lot of not-really-qualified students are going to 4-year schools and probably shouldn't.

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