Bellarmine College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 81% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 55% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 55% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 5% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.85 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business administration
• accounting
• nursing

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 for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions, one of three weeks and two of 5-1/2 weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• 20% continue immediately.
• 10% continue within one year.
• 10% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 6%
• Medical School: 5%
• Dental School: 2%
• Graduate Business Programs: 9%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 6%
• Theological School/Seminary: 1%
• Other: 1%

• U of Kentucky, University of Louisville.

• Big Six accounting firms, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Cotten Allen, General Electric, Jefferson county schools, KFC, Louisville Gas & Electric, local hospitals, Providian, UPS.

• John MacLeod, basketball coach, University of Notre Dame; Brigadier General William Donahue, U.S. Air Force.