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Bellarmine University

Louisville, Kentucky

https://www.bellarmine.edu

#352 National Colleges

66.22% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

2,481 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Doctoral/Professional Universities
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, primarily residential
  • Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Bellarmine University (BU; BEL-ər-min) is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after Saint Robert Bellarmine. In 2000 the Board of Trustees changed the name to Bellarmine University. The university is organized into seven colleges and schools and confers bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 50 academic majors, along with five doctoral degrees; it is classified among "D/PU: Doctoral/Professional Universities."The university has an enrollment of over 3,200 students on its main 135-acre (0.55 km2) academic and residential campus in Louisville's Belknap neighborhood. At its 2011 commencement, the school graduated 482 undergraduate and graduate students, contributing to a total of 780 graduates for the school year, up from 700 the previous year.

Bellarmine offers a large number of extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations. Its athletic teams are known as the Knights. Bellarmine is a member of NCAA Division I and competes in the ASUN Conference, except in wrestling who competes in the Southern Conference, field hockey which competes in the Mid-American Conference, and men's and women's swimming & diving who compete in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association. Bellarmine's men's basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament, the first athletic national championship in school history. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, law, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment.

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Location

City
Louisville, Kentucky

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Locale
City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Health Professions And Related Programs 25.5%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 12.4%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 10.4%
Psychology 9.8%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 9.3%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 7.3%
Education 4.6%
Visual And Performing Arts 3.4%
Social Sciences 3.4%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 2.3%
English Language And Literature/Letters 2.3%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 2.1%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.0%
History 1.1%
Natural Resources And Conservation 1.0%
Physical Sciences 0.8%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0.8%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.7%
Engineering 0.5%
Theology And Religious Vocations 0.2%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.2%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.2%

Cost

Tuition
$42,830.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
60.27%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$23,121.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1209 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 620 570 520
Verbal 640 590 540

ACT Scores

25 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 26 23 20
English 29 26 22