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College students are shaving a year off their bachelor’s degrees and saving as much as $20,000. Critics say they’re ‘cutting corners’

Three-year bachelor’s degrees have spread to 26 states as colleges look for ways to make higher education cheaper and faster.

Three-year bachelor’s degrees have spread to 26 states as colleges look for ways to make higher education cheaper and faster.

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Why it matters

This is a routine educational trend with limited direct impact on credit markets or financial professionals; it represents ordinary operating activity without systemic or structural implications.

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