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Different paths lead to a degree: Many students get part-time jobs, take longer than 4 years to finish

Entering Michigan State University as a freshman, Joseph Montes assumed he would complete his degree in four years. Two majors, multiple part-time jobs and three internships later, the 22-year-old fifth-year senior from Lake Orion, Mich., isn’t necessarily disappointed that it didn’t turn out that way.