Elmhurst College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 86% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 40% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 49% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 2% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.82 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business administration
• psychology
• elementary education

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:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• Four summer sessions, two of four weeks each, one of six weeks, and one of eight weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• 6% continue immediately.
• 15% continue within one year.

• Law School: 3%
• Medical School: 3%
• Graduate Business Programs: 6%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 2%
• Theological School/Seminary: 1%

• Ball State University, DePaul University, Loyola University, Michigan State University, Northern Illinois University,
• Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Washington U.

• Allstate, Ameritech, Boise Cascade, Dominick's Food Store, Jewel, Keebler, Lutheran General Hospital, Motorola, Performance Analytics, U.P.S., Walgreen's, Wolf & Co.

• William Bauer, former chief justice, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, Illinois; Terri Hemmert, Chicago radio personality; Cathy Notari Davidson, educator; David Kuebler, operatic tenor; David Rasche, actor.