was Barbara Gordon 18 years old when she began her career as Batgirl.?

Question

I want to know if Barbara Gordon was 18 years old when she began her career as Batgirl some sites is saying that she atttend college at age 16 because she's smart.And i also want to ask is do college education takes 4 years in America.

Answer 1

She may have been twenty or twenty-two. Barbara's degree is in Library Science, and assuming that she began a four year college at age 16, she would have finished at twenty. If she began college at eighteen, she would finish at twenty-two.

Answer 2

As a recall the how things wen when she first appeared back n the 60's she was out fo college befreo she began as batgirl...and yeah college takes four eyars, usually, although I have seen pepole do it in less....