Berry College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 73% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 42% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 43% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 13% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.71 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• early elementary education
• biology
• communication

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:

• Six summer sessions; one of nine weeks, two of six weeks each, three of three weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held throughout summer.

• 31% continue within one year.

• Law School: 2%
• Medical School: 2%
• Graduate Business Programs: 2%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 9%
• Theological School/Seminary: 3%
• Other: 2%

• Berry College, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Medical College of
• Georgia, West Georgia Coll.

• E. Kay Davis, executive director, Fernbank Museum of Natural History; Patricia Lipscomb, M.D., faculty member, University of Washington; R. Wayne Shackelford, head, Georgia Department of Transportation; Karen Holley Horrell, vice president and general counsel, Great American Insurance Co., Joanna Grant, Berry Coll's first Rhodes Scholar.