The College of St. Catherine Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 76% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 30% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 38% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 13% of our freshman graduate in five years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• nursing
• business
• occupational therapy

Policies

Probation Policy

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

• Freshmen: 1.50
• Sophomore: 1.90
• 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:

• Three summer sessions of six to seven weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• 35% continue within 10 years.

• U of Minnesota

• 3M, Fairview/Southdale Hospital, Honeywell, University of Minnesota.

• Abigail Quigley McCarthy, author/activist/teacher, One Woman Lost; Rosemary Rader, author/theologian/professor, Arizona State U; Mary Palcich Sinclair, activist, named "Woman of the Year" 1984 by Ms. magazine; Mary Madonna Ashton, state commissioner of health, Minnesota; Adhiambo Odaga, first Rhodes Scholar from Kenya.