It depends on how the information is asked and for what purpose. If it is for a resume, then yes you include the years. For example, University of Michigan, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering 2003 - 2008. If it is on an application and the question is, what was the highest educational level attained, then you would not have to indicate the years attended.
he attended college in the year 2000.
she attended college for a period of about 55555555000 years which isn't bad.
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He attended four years of undergraduate work, before graduating from Columbia University; he then worked for five years, before going back for his law degree at Harvard Law School-- which took about two more years of study.
Yes, but for music only. He attended the Chicago Conservatory Of Music for one and a half years before joining The Ramsey Lewis Trio.
Well, he only attended 3 years of college at FSU.
Lou Gehrig attended Columbia University in New York for two years.
Gary Soto attended college for four years, earning a Bachelor's degree in English from California State University, Fresno.
most women enter a 4 year college :)
No, he attended Marquette University for four years but never completed his bachelors.
Jaime Escalante first attended a college in La Paz, Bolivia for two years and then got a job teaching in a near by high school. After Escalante moved to Los Angeles he was denied a job teaching because he never attended a American college. So Escalante attended night courses at Pasadena City College for four years. There Jaime was accepted a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.
Rudyard Kipling attended elementary school in Southsea (Portsmouth) and the (oddly named because it wasn't a college), United Services College, which was a prep school for boys aged 13-16 intending to enter the military