How long does it take to get your Bachelor Degree? And your Masters? What if you took classes in the summer?

Answer 1

A Bachelor's degree will run about 120 credit hours and a Master's is anywhere from 20-40 more, depending on the program and school.

A full-time semester is 12 hours, but 18 hours is doable with a lot of effort. The biggest problem you'll run into in trying to finish sooner is taking your classes in order - you must complete prerequisites for many classes and they are usually set up on a 4-year plan (often only offered fall/spring).

But doing the math, it would take the average person 10 semesters (if they only took 12 credits) to finish a Bachelor's or about 6 2/3 semesters (so 7) if they took 18 per semester. Assuming prerequisites don't trip you up, you could finish either in 3 1/3 years or 2 1/3 years (both including summers).

My Bachelor's degree took 4 years; I did it traditionally. My MA took 4 while I worked full-time.

Answer 2

On average, it takes 4 to 4 1/2 years (8-9 semesters) to get a bachelor's degree. If you go to summer school, it's possible to do it in three to three and a half years (6-7 semesters).

The determining factor is the major. There are some programs that are designed around a schedule. Curriculums are designed around a fall class (part one) and a spring class (part two). If you miss the fall class, well, you will be delayed for a year. So, the major is the determining factor.

As for graduate school, it can be done within 18-24 months. Again, depending on the curriculum, it may be done in a shoter time span. If you take graduate level classes during your final year as an undergraduate, that may speed the process up.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Depending on how many classes you take in a semester, it usually takes 4-5 years to get a Bachelor's Degree, and another 2-3 years to get a Master's Degree. If you take classes every summer, you can take one year off of each.

Answer 4

I think for most colleges in the country, you will need to complete 120 credits for your B.A. or B.S. degree. If you plan to take 15 credits a semester, you will finish in 4 years (8 semesters) without having to take classes in the summers.

If I had to do it all over again, I would take 12 credits during my first two semesters while you give yourself a chance to get used to college. Make sure you don't take anything too serious, just get your required classes completed. Then, during that first year's summer, I would take 6 credits to put myself on track. Starting the other year, for the next three years, I would take 15 credits a semester and do some internships over the summers.

Masters programs vary. You can complete some in as little as one year (30 credits) and others can take as long as two years (60 credits). In either case, you should consider the costs of master's degree, and the benefits it will give to you.

Master's programs in Accounting for instance teach students material far more advanced that what they learned in their B.S. degree or what they would learn on the job, but the Accounting profession is not willing to pay any higher for people with their M.S. in Accounting.

Master's programs in Psychology are again just as demanding, but Psychology is a field which requires a Ph.D for advancement, and people in this field or in Sociology should go strait into a Ph.D program if they expect to see benefits.

A Masters in Business Administration, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics and Finance are perhaps the most rewarding Masters programs to go into. The costs are typically the same as other Masters programs, but with a Masters degree, base salary tends to increase by a minimum of 10k-15k depending on the state you work in. Actuaries in the Insurance industry, Investment Bankers and Consultants in the Finance industry, and Quantitative positions such as Market Analysts and Marketing Research require a Masters degree for advancement.

Before you decide to do anything, talk to departmental advisors, do some research on your own, visit an office who does what you are looking to do, and if you have to time, grab an internship to see if you like it. Only YOU can tell what kind of job you want to do, and what kind of person you want to be. If you love something, and you are studying it because you have passion for it, the money will follow.

Answer 5

It took me four years to get my BA and it would take an additional 2 years full-time to get a Masters. There are not that many choices in the Summer Semester or the Winter Semester. Fall and Spring offer the most courses to choose from.

Answer 6

typically, depending on the major...
4 years, BS
2-3 years MS
some courses are offered in the summer, but summer courses tend to take all morning or all day, and many students work during the summer.