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Your Money: How college fast-trackers save time and money

For most students, getting their college bachelor’s degree takes four years. For some, five.

For Michelle Schroeder-Gardner? Three.

The 28-year-old financial blogger from St. Louis graduated in business administration and management in 2010, and then later got a finance MBA. By stacking credits while still in high school and taking a heavy course load in college, she shaved a full year off her college experience at Webster University. “I saved at least $40,000,” she says.