What Do We Like To Study?
Most Popular Majors
Least Popular Majors- vocational home economics
- public relations
- broadcast productions
Policies
Probation Policy
The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:
- Freshmen: 2.00
- Sophomore: 2.00
- Junior: 2.00
- Senior: 2.00
Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar System:
- Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)
Summer Sessions:
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Three summer sessions, one of three weeks and two of 5-1/2 weeks each.
New student orientation:
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Orientation for new students is held in June, July, August, and January.
Graduate Career Data
Percentage of graduates who pursue further study:
- 36% continue immediately.
- 38% continue within one year.
- 43% continue within 3 years.
Percentage of all graduates who pursue graduate study in various fields:
- Law School: 3%
- Medical School: 4%
- Dental School: 2%
- Graduate Business Programs: 11%
- Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 13%
- Theological School/Seminary: 4%
List of graduate schools most often selected by our recent graduates:
- Baylor Dental School, Emory University, University of Illinois, University of Oklahoma, Southwestern
- Medical College, Texas A&M University, University of Texas.
22% of our graduates choose careers in business and industry.
96% of our graduates enter into a job market related to their major within two years of graduation.
Firms that most frequently hire our graduates:
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Arthur Andersen, Coopers & Lybrand, Dow Chemical, Pennzoil.
Most prominent alumni/ae:
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Louie Welch, president of Houston Chamber of Commerce and former mayor of
Houston; C.E. Cornutt, Exec. VP and CEO, Hunt Oil Co.; Gerald Turner,
Chancellor, University of Mississippi; J. MacDonald Williams, President, Trammel
Crow and Co.
