What Do We Like To Study?
Most Popular Majors
- English
- politics
- international relations
Least Popular Majors- African American studies
- dance
- Romance languages/literature
Policies
Graduation Policy:
- The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.
Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar System:
- 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)
New student orientation:
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Orientation for new students is held in September.
Graduate Career Data
Percentage of graduates who pursue further study:
- 30% continue immediately.
- 25% continue within 2 years.
Percentage of all graduates who pursue graduate study in various fields:
- Law School: 7%
- Medical School: 7%
- Graduate Business Programs: 2%
- Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 11%
List of graduate schools most often selected by our recent graduates:
- Columbia University, Cornell University, Duke University, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of
- Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia.
30% of our graduates choose careers in business and industry.
Firms that most frequently hire our graduates:
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Aetna Life, AT&T, Bank of America, Bank of Boston, Bankers Trust, Chubb
Insurance, CIGNA, Citicorp, Digital Equipment Corp., Exxon, General
Electric, IBM, McGraw-Hill, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Guaranty, National
Westminster Bank, Paine Webber, PIRG, Procter & Gamble, Prudential,
Rockefeller University, Salomon Bros., Xerox.
Most prominent alumni/ae:
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Ella Grasso, former governor of Connecticut and first woman governor
elected in her own right; Dr. Virginia Apgar, developer of the Apgar
scale for testing newborns; Frances Perkins, first woman cabinet member;
Emily Dickinson, poet; Sally Nunneley, NASA physician; Wendy Wasserstein,
playwright.
