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PBS Newshour

Degree in three: More colleges speed up graduation timelines

Season 2026 Episode 103 | 8m 14s

Only about a third of Americans now believe a four-year college degree is worth the cost. Increasingly, students and families are questioning it too. As many colleges across the country face shrinking enrollment, more than 60 institutions are now offering students a faster path to graduation. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports as part of our series, Rethinking College.

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