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| February 18, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From University Wire)

Byline: Rachele Byrne

Nationwide, more college students than ever before are studying beyond the standard four years in order to earn a bachelor's degree, a recent National Center for Education Statistics study concluded.

The NCES study, which surveyed one million students in the entering class of 1996 from more than 900 institutions nationwide, revealed 33 percent of students were able to complete all of their requirements in four years. The study also said 21 percent of students finished within five or six years.

However, these statistics do not hold true at the University of Virginia. According to George Stovall,…

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