Student Information

  • College/School: W. Fielding Rubel School of Business
  • Undergraduate Programs: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics and Finance
  • Graduate Programs: MBA and MST

ETS Test Results for BA Students in Accounting, Business Admin and Finance

 Fall 2012 - Spring 2017 Fall
2012 		 Spr. 
2013 		 Fall
2013 		 Spr. 
2014 		 Fall
2014 		 Spr. 
2015 
 Fall
2015 
 Spr. 
2016 
 Fall 
2016* 
 Spr.
2017 
 5-Year
Avg.
 Overall 98 88 91 51 71 83 89 73 87 85 81.6
 Accounting 98 87 81 49 82 78 93 65 92 93 81.8
 Economics 96 96 82 67 81 96 87 91 96 87 87.9
 Management 96 78 89 40 57 64 57 41 47 96 66.5
 Quantitative 94 90 94 74 21 87 98 79 58 65 76
 Finance 94 83 95 82 88 91 88 89 98 98 90.6
 Marketing 97 87 97 66 59 65 95 80 69 47 76.2
 Legal 97 72 60 45 76 85 80 60 99 8 67.2
 Information Systems 93 54 93 20 24 50 53 53 58 68 56.6
 International 97 82 94 51 68 78 41 83 93 70 75.7

Bold results exceed School of Business goals
*Test Revised

ETS Test Results for BA Students in Economics

 Spring 2014 - Spring 2017 Spring 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2016 Spring 2017
 Overall 72 79 67 63
 Microeconomics 61 76 54 45
 Macroeconomics 58 80 82 66

Bold results exceed program goal

ETS Test Results for Accounting Students

 Fall 2012 - Fall 2016 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014
 Fall 2015
 Fall 2016 5-Year Average
 Overall 64 50 48 42 38 48.4
 Marketing 68 51 48 57 39 52.6
 Management 65 45 60 50 18 47.6
 Finance 74 70 43 34 50 54.2
 Manager. Acct. 60 44 50 45 59 51.6
 Strategic. Integration 73 68 59 48 40 57.6

Bold results exceed program goals

Uniform CPA Exam Pass Rates for Accounting Students 

 2016 CPA Pass Rates Overall AUD. BEC. FAR. REG.
 Bellarmine 52.7 45 70.6 50 47.4
 Kentucky 47.8 45.8 53.9 42.2 49.1
 United States 49.9 46.9 56.6 45.5 49
 AACSB 48 45.7 55.4 43.2 48.1

Uniform CPA Exam Pass Rates for Accounting Students 

 2013 - 2016 CPA Pass Rates Overall AUD. BEC. FAR. REG.
 Bellarmine 51.2 44.3 66.43 49.68 49.75
 Kentucky 47.88 44.9 54.58 45.78 46.9
 United States 49.53 46.63 56.1 47.05 49.07
 AACSB 48.5 46.35 55.7 44.2 48.55

*Data provided by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy