Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $62,069 ten years after enrolling, more than at 72% of colleges; 65% graduate within six years.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$25K
According to Bellarmine University's most recent Common Data Set, 61% of its Class of 2025 graduates (397 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $31,200 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
63 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 25 more are enrolled at another college. (852 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
57 of 100 finish within 4 years, 63 within 6, and 63 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 57% | 63% | 63% |
| Started in college here | 53% | 59% | 59% |
| Transferred in | 69% | 75% | 75% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 51%, 23 points below students with no need-based federal aid (73%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients202 students
51% · 23 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant179 students
66% · 7 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan270 students
73% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White513 students
66% · 2 points above all students
- Asian10 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino30 students
63% · 1 point below all students
- Black30 students
40% · 24 points below all students
- Two or more races40 students
65% · 1 point above all students
- International5 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Bellarmine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Bellarmine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)