In February, Ensign College in Utah announced it would convert all of its bachelor’s degrees into three-year programs. Loma ...

Needing to fill seats and facing demand for faster routes to jobs, more colleges are shortening their degree programs.

Key Points ・Nearly 60 colleges and universities across the U.S. are now developing or offering three-year bachelor’s degree programs that require roughly 90 credits instead of the traditional 120.

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Students can get to work a year faster,” said Liz Beard, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at LSU at Alexandria, where Louisiana’s first two degrees in the accelerated model will be ...