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Bellarmine, the second oldest Jesuit high school west of the Mississippi River, was founded in 1851 by John Nobili, S.J., and his companions, as Santa Clara College, a school for secondary and college-age students.
Ignatian schools in the Jesuit tradition benefit from the pedagogy and spirituality of St. Ignatius Loyola. We promote Christ's justice and love for all people and bring the message of the Gospel to future generations, while functioning as apostolates of education.
Bellarmine is growing rapidly, not only with great new campus amenities and academic programs, but also in regional and national prominence. BU is named after Roberto Bellarmino (1542-1621), the brilliant Jesuit, who was a Cardinal and canonized in 1930.
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Namesake: Named for the Jesuit priest and cardinal Robert Bellarmine—born Oct. 4, 1542 in Montepulciano, Italy; died Sept. 17, 1621 in Rome; canonized June 29, 1930. History: From 1950 until 1968, Bellarmine operated as an Archdiocesan all men’s college. In 1968, Bellarmine merged with Ursuline College and became both co-educational and independent...
Fall 2023 Total Headcount: 2,993 Female: 1,836 (61%) Male: 1,157 (39%) Full-time: 2,737 (91%) Part-time: 256 (9%) Under-represented Minorities: 757 (26%)* International: 62 (2%) Undergraduate Headcount: 2,351 Female: 1,436 (61%) Male: 915 (39%) Full-time: 2,223 (95%) Part-time: 128 (5%) Under-represented Minorities: 608 (27%)* International: 51 (2%...
Full-Time Undergraduates Living on Campus: 1,039 (47%) Full-Time First-Year Cohort Living on Campus: 431 (68%)
Student-Faculty Ratio: 13:1 Number of full-time faculty: 161 Does not include academic deans or academic administrators Female: 97 (60%) Male: 64 (40%) With terminal degrees: 144 (89%) Tenured (of tenure track faculty): 85 (68%)
Undergraduate Tuition: $45,190 Fees: $1,590 Part-Time Per Credit Hour: $1,040 Matriculation Fee: $400 (one-time fee in the fall semester for first-time, full-time students) Room and Board: $9,490 (based on a weighted average cost of BU’s residence halls) 100% of first-year students receive institutional aid
Campus size: 145 acres on-campus; 45 acres off-campus Facilities On-campus: 27 major buildings, 975,200 total square footage Facilities Off-campus: 31 buildings, 141,600 total square footage
Advanced Certificate in Accounting Bachelor of Arts (BA) Bachelor of Health Science (BHS) Bachelor of Music (BM) Bachelor of Science (BS) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Certificate in Applied Business Analytics Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science Master of Arts in Communication (MAC) Master of Arts in Education (MAEd) Master of Arts in ...
2nd-Year Retention: 75% (first-year cohort 2022) 3rd-Year Retention: 73% (first-year cohort 2021) 4th-Year Retention: 66% (first-year cohort 2020) 6-Year Graduation Rate: 68% (first-year cohort 2017)
Top 5 Majors by Percentage of Undergraduate Bachelor Degrees Conferred Nursing 22% Psychology 11% Business Administration 9% Communication 7% Biology 5%
2022-2023 Total Degrees Conferred: 915 Bachelor’s Degrees: 545 Bachelor's Certificates: 0 Accelerated Second Bachelor's Degrees: 87 Post-Bachelor’s Certificates: 2 Master’s Degrees: 183 Doctoral Degrees: 98 Note: Students who earn multiple degrees are counted twice.
He first came to Bellarmine Hall as a seminarian in 1954, spending the next five years investing in the spiritual life of a Jesuit, before going out to pastoral service. After a long teaching and administrative career, he returned here 10 years ago to a Retreat House that has almost tripled in size.
Why Bellarmine? What differentiates Bellarmine from other schools? The answer is the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person: intellectually, physically, and spiritually.
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In 1950, the year of Bellarmine's inception, the new school became one of the first in the Commonwealth of Kentucky open to all races. The first forty-two graduating seniors, "The Pioneer Class," received their diplomas in 1954.
