Researchers interviewed 2, 800 students and based the projection on an average course length of 3.4 years.

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According to TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com's Real Weddings Study, the average length of an engagement is 13.8 months.

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Our expected lifespan, thus our expected length of retirement, is an average.

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During the rainy season, the Amazon crashes over its banks, turning entire forests into inland seas and swelling to an average of 28 miles wide along its inland length and 300 miles wide at its mouth.

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For business sports brands, I first calculated how much the branded enterprise would fetch in an arms-length transaction, and then subtracted the average enterprise value of what similar businesses the same size have been sold for, or are being valued.

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Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent of driving the length of an entire football field, blind, at 55 mph, according to researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.

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Because it mostly comprises full-length TV shows and movies, Youku enjoys visitors who spend an average of 35 minutes a day, compared with only 14 minutes for the typical American site.

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The searcher raises initial capital from investors to fund his search (average length: 18 months) and then returns to those investors seeking additional capital for an acquisition once he finds a suitable target.

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