University of Dayton Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 84% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 51% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 60% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 12% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.9 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• communication
• marketing

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 1.70
• Sophomore: 1.90
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Other: Early semester/split third-term calendar

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 6 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• Bank One, Dayton Power & Light Co., Fifth Third Bank, Lazarus, Mead Engineering.

• Erma Bombeck, newspaper columnist and author; Charles Pedersen, Nobel Prize-winning chemist; Chuck Noll, head coach, Pittsburgh Steelers; Colombe M. Nicholas, president and CEO, Christian Dior.