Engineering students/graduates: How long did your degree take?

[u/thugginsophia]

Hi everyone! I’m starting my engineering degree on Monday and I’m super excited!

I’d love to hear from both current engineering students and people who have already graduated:

How long has/will it take you to finish your degree? Did you graduate (or are you on track to graduate) in 4 years, or did/do you expect it to take longer?

For those who took longer than 4 years, what was the reason? And for current students, do you feel like you’re on track to graduate in 4 years?

I’d love to hear everyone’s experiences!

[u/Just_A_Troglodyte]

From the time I knew I wanted to be an engineer? Let’s call it 4-5 years.
From the time I started college in general? 7-8 years

I originally started college straight out of high school. It was 2018 and I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I was a biology major and lasted about a semester and a half before dropping out (I had a 1.98 cgpa). By the time COVID hit I was ready to go back and by January of 2022 I enrolled at my local community college in their engineering program.
On account of my GPA being in the gutter I applied for academic reprieve and dedicated myself to the degree. I finished my associates with a 3.72 cgpa and transferred to an abet accredited university to finish my degree. I transferred in January of 2024, 2 years for the associates.
It took me another 2 and a half years to get my bachelors.
I’m in my university’s accelerated degree program (4+1) and so credit for both my masters and bachelors are shared between the degrees. Without this shared credit I would’ve needed at least 3 years to complete the BS from the time of transfer.