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).
Masters degree = 1 or 2 years depending on the program. PhD = typically 5 years. It takes that long because of the research component. Some students choose to do an MD/PhD degree which is about 7 years. I don't know what the rest of the folks here are talking about, it's not timeless nor is it 10 years.n the humanities, it's typically over 5 years for a PhD. UPenn, for example, allots up to 10 years for the student to complete the PhD in psychology. Do grad school in the west coast, UC system is pretty great.