Many W.Va. Students Don't Earn Degrees in Six Years

Many in-state students at West Virginia’s public higher education institutions don’t earn a degree after six years.
 
     An annual graduation report shows fewer than half of in-state freshmen enrolled in fall 2005 earned their degrees six years later.
 
     West Virginia University was the exception. The university’s 2012 six-year graduation rate was 56 percent.
 
     Marshall University’s six-year graduation rate was 44 percent, followed by Shepherd University, 43 percent; and West Liberty University, 41 percent.
 
     Other schools’ rates were: Concord University, 38 percent; Fairmont State University, 34 percent, Glenville State College, 30 percent; Bluefield State College, 25 percent; WVU Tech, 24 percent; and West Virginia State University, 21 percent.
 
     The Charleston Gazette reports that higher education officials presented the report Monday to an interim legislative committee.