{"id":874,"date":"2025-11-26T14:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics-new\/?page_id=874"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:04:29","slug":"time-and-credits-to-degree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/time-and-credits-to-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Time and Credits to Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The number of semesters enrolled and credits taken by bachelor\u2019s degree recipients is shown by various student characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id='tableauViz' height='857px'><\/div>\n                <div id='dialog'><\/div><script>jQuery(document).ready(function() {initializeViz('https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/CTD_TTD\/TTDCTD','980px','857px',true,false,'','');});<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uwsa-accordion\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-uwsa-panel\"><summary>Technical Notes<\/summary><div class=\"panel-body\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bachelor\u2019s degree recipients<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Bachelor\u2019s degree recipients include first-time bachelor\u2019s degree recipients. Bachelor\u2019s degree recipients at former UW Colleges from 2014-15 to 2017-18 are retroactively allocated to affiliated universities in the current UW structure. To protect student privacy, data are not shown when there are 5 or fewer bachelor\u2019s degree recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits attempted (credits to degree)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Credits to degree at \u201cAny UW\u201d includes UW credits attempted at any UW university by students starting as new students at any UW, including two-year campuses. \u201cSame UW\u201d is based on new students who started at and graduated from the same UW university. \u201cSame UW\u201d includes four-year campus and its affiliated two-year campus(es) for all the years included in this dashboard. Available data begin in 1993-94, when a systemwide goal to reduce time and credits to degree was established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UW credits funded by all sources are included in the analysis. Placement credits, credits awarded for prior learning, and credits transferred from non-UW institutions are not included in any credits to degree calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credits to degree is a measure of the resources used by undergraduate students during the process of earning a bachelor\u2019s degree. Several factors influence the number of credits students take on the way to graduation. Students may take extra classes to explore new fields, increase their job marketability, complete a second major or certificate program, or for personal development. Some students may require initial, remedial classes before being ready for college-level work. University-controlled factors include the number of credits required for degree completion, requirements for specific academic programs, course availability, academic advising, and the number and type of placement credits or transfer credits accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall and spring terms enrolled (time to degree)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall and spring terms enrolled at \u201cAny UW\u201d includes fall and spring terms enrolled at any UW university by students starting as new students at any UW university, including two-year campuses. \u201cSame UW\u201d is based on new students who started at and graduated from the same UW university. \u201cSame UW\u201d includes four-year campus and its affiliated two-year campus(es) for all the years included in this dashboard. Available data begin in 1993-94, when a systemwide goal to reduce time and credits to degree was established.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of semesters enrolled and credits taken by bachelor\u2019s degree recipients is shown by various student characteristics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/874\/revisions\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/education-reports-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}