Knox College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 88% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 63% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 68% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 6% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.8 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• political science
• sociology/anthropology
• biology

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:

• Trimester System (three terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in September, January, and March.

• 32% continue immediately.
• 10% continue within one year.
• 65% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 2%
• Medical School: 6%
• Graduate Business Programs: 4%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 20%

• U of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, Northwestern University, Washington U.

• ADM, Bain & Co., Crumm Assoc., Edward D. Jones, Northern Trust, Peace Corps.

• James Kilts, executive vice-president, Worldwide Foods, Philip Morris Company; Ismat Kittani, international diplomat, former president, U.N. General Assembly; Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, physician-in-chief, St. Jude's Christian Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.; Dr. Thomas E. Kurtz, computer scientist, co-author BASIC programming language; Dorothea Tanning, painter; Bob Jamieson, correspondent, ABC television news.