Many students first attend community colleges, where they receive an associate鈥檚 degree, and then seek to transfer into four-year colleges where they can finish their education and receive a bachelor鈥檚 degree. Federal data shows 49 percent of students who completed a degree at a four-year college in 2015-16 had previously enrolled in a two-year college.

However, studies have shown the associate-to-bachelor degree process typically takes much longer than four years.

A 2016 study by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows students who earned an associate鈥檚 degree took an average of 8.2 years to graduate with a bachelor鈥檚 degree, while students without an associate鈥檚 degree took 5.1.

Beginning with the 2019-20 academic year, 乱伦社区 is offering a two-year transfer student graduation guarantee to students with associate鈥檚 degrees who want to finish their bachelor鈥檚 degree as quickly as possible. No other four-year institution within a 100-mile radius of Culver-Stockton offers such a guarantee.

鈥淲e know that transfer students are highly focused on the time it takes to complete their degrees, and we appreciate the impact this amount of time has on their financial needs,鈥� said Lauren Schellenberger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College.聽鈥淓arning a bachelor’s degree is life-changing, and changing lives is what we do best at C-SC.聽 We are committed to helping students reach their goals as swiftly and as smoothly as possible.鈥�

It鈥檚 easier for transfer students to finish their bachelor鈥檚 degree at Culver-Stockton than at most schools that offer a 2 + 2 program. A typical college鈥檚 2 + 2 program mandates that a student earns a certificate or an Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Sciences (AS) degree in a specific field of study. If a student decides to change their major during their sophomore year, the 2 + 2 agreement typically no longer is an option.

A student with an AA/AS degree is automatically considered a junior at Culver-Stockton and qualifies for the two-year transfer student graduation guarantee. Regardless of what their major was for the first two years of college, those students can select from 14 of C-SC鈥檚 most popular majors 鈥� accountancy, art, business, English, finance, health science, healthcare management, history, international studies, marketing, music, political science, sport management and theater 鈥� and receive the two-year guarantee.

Contact the Office of Admission at 800-537-1883 or聽transfer@culver.edu聽to learn more about the two-year transfer student graduation guarantee.

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