How long does it take to earn an associates degree?
How long it takes to complete an associates degree will be dependent on a number of variables, some of which have been indicated in the above. However, in general two year institutions (even as a full-time student) are no longer two year institutions because of basic skills testing. In other words, most colleges and universities require all incoming students who are entering a program of study be tested for basic skills. The test is broken down into four parts. Sentence sense(grammar), reading comprehension, math computation, and elementary algebra. If a student does not meet the minimum score requirement in any of these areas, they are required to take none-credit refresher courses that must meet state requirements. Thus, it is possible that some students may have up to one academic year just in remedial courses before entering the college level courses. Then again, it could be a mixture of both remedial and college level. There are some exemptions from basic skills testing like high
