Berry College Academic Experience
Past Performance | Probation Policy|Academic Calendar | Graduate Career Data
Past Performance
What Do We Like To Study?
Most Popular Majors
Least Popular Majors- music performance
- food service management
- decision science
Policies
Probation Policy The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:
Academic Calendar
Academic Calendar System:
- Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)
Summer Sessions:
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Six summer sessions; one of nine weeks, two of six weeks each, three of
three weeks each.
New student orientation:
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Orientation for new students is held throughout summer.
Graduate Career Data
Percentage of graduates who pursue further study:
- 31% continue within one year.
Percentage of all graduates who pursue graduate study in various fields:
- Law School: 2%
- Medical School: 2%
- Graduate Business Programs: 2%
- Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 9%
- Theological School/Seminary: 3%
- Other: 2%
List of graduate schools most often selected by our recent graduates:
- Berry College, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Medical College of
- Georgia, West Georgia Coll.
40% of our graduates choose careers in business and industry.
71% of our graduates enter into a job market related to their major within two years of graduation.
Most prominent alumni/ae:
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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.
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