Bridgewater College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 75% 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, 51% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 4% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business administration
• biology
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

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

• Freshmen: 1.60
• Sophomore: 1.70
• Junior: 1.80
• Senior: 1.90

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Other: 3-3-1-3 system

Summer Sessions:

• Two summer sessions, one of three weeks and one of six weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in June, July, and August.

• 15% continue immediately.
• 33% continue within 5 years.

• Medical School: 2%
• Graduate Business Programs: 6%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 5%
• Theological School/Seminary: 3%
• Other: 24%

• James Madison University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Polytech Institute and State University,
• U of Virginia.

• Hon. Pasco M. Bowman, judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Dr. Mervin L. Trail, chancellor, Louisiana State University Med Center; Dr. Moses H.Y. Chan, professor of physics, Pennsylvania St U; James L. Keeler, CEO, WLR Foods; Takeshisa Nobuyo Imaizumi, director of foreign relations, Japanese Dept. of Defense.