Whitworth College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 86% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 52% of our freshman graduate in four years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.8 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• education
• business
• communications

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:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• Several summer sessions of three weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August.

• Dorothea Teeter, missionary in Beirut, Presbyterian Church; Chaplain Major General Richard Carr, retired Chief of Chaplains, USAF; Alan Raul, Middle East bureau chief, NBC News; Dr. Richard Gray, dean, School of Journalism, Indiana U.