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 Did you ever think that going to a public college has more downfalls than going to a private?According to this ''Education fact'. ''Less than one third of students who start off at public college will graduate within six years'. Instead of the four that both me and you have always been told when college is talked about.

Graduation rates are changing in the U.S.
      The article entitled ''Federal government publish more complete graduation rate data'' explores the evidence of attending public and private colleges and being a full part time studies or being a transfer.     The article states the 4 year graduation rate for ''students attended public colleges and universities is 33.3% while the six year rate is 57.6% and 65.4% earn a degree in 6 years. Then even states, that at first the calculation by the U.S department of education was just part time and full time they were not including '' the graduation statistics for students who were only part time or transferred , but after receiving criticism it was changed to a more broader research basis.

           I think that it wasn't fair for the other college students who were not full time but they transferred from a different state or was part time and their school have different rules. In the article by Lynn o'shaughnessy she shared evidence of how ''the urban university has a graduation rate of just 10% for its full time but its misleading since 31% of the students match that when there are transfer and part time students but included 43% receive a degree within six years. 



Image result for college part time and full time, transfer chart" I think that it wasn't fair for the other college students who were not full time but they transferred from a different state or was part time and their school have different rules. In the article by Lynn o'shaughnessy she shared evidence of how ''the urban university has a graduation rate of just 10% for its full time but its misleading since 31% of the students match that when there are transfer and part time students but included 43% receive a degree within six years. 
   For example in the article O'shaughnessy had some statistics research from California state University that shows six year graduation rates for full time 59.2% , 58.9 transfer , 37.7% part time and 17.7% first time part time students. This evidence shows how not doing the full research makes a dramatic change in the data results and can be misleading.
   In my opinion I agree with the new statistics found by Lynn O'shaughnessy but i disagree that less than one third of students who start out a public colleges will graduate within six year, when in actuality transfer and part time students who's percentage were omitted were graduating more or even at the same rate.


Sources consulted:   “Federal Government Publishes More Complete Graduation Rate Data.” College Search & Scholarships: College Decision Resources, https://www.cappex.com/articles/blog/government-publishes-graduation-rate-data.
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