Young Americans Most Likely to Expect to Retire Before Age 55. About 30% of non-retired Americans in all age groups expect to retire before the age of 65. But 11% of 18- to 29-year-olds expect to retire before age 55, a much higher percentage than other groups.
The PhD takes another 2-6 years after the masters. There's no set length for a PhD in the US-it's very common for it to take 4+ years after the masters. It depends on the degree you want, the requirements of the program (those are not standard), you, your motivation, your project, your adviser, and your committee.o get a PhD, you can either do a masters first, or enroll in a PhD program after the bachelors, in which case you'd take the masters coursework before working on the PhD even if you don't get a masters degree specifically (this is called masters en route).
the amount of time it takes for a phd student to finish the degree varies widely time to degree will depend on the university that the student attends the field the student is receiving the degree in the student s previous preparation and coursework and how long it takes the student to complete the dissertationt usually takes one to two years to write but some students end up spending a longer or a shorter amount of time the amount of time you spend on your dissertation will be an important determining factor in how long it takes to complete the phd