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4.1

72% would recommend to a friend

(73 total reviews)
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Doris A. Tegart

86% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

2.6

Compensation and benefits

Bellarmine University has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Bellarmine University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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73 reviews
1.0
Dec 14, 2015

Tired.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have holidays off and some people are nice.

Cons

There is a severe lack of career growth and the compensation is a joke. There is no sense of family at all. If you are new, don't expect to be immediately accepted. The small intimate campus is just that, they do not accept newcomers well at all, very clickish. People are set in their ways and change is not accepted. You will feel stuck, unappreciated and question your reasoning for being at Bellarmine whenever your come to campus.

4.0
Sep 15, 2025

A place with real people and genuine heart, with a roller coaster budget model

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Bellarmine University is a place where the mission is important and has direct bearing on the decisions of its leadership. It has a great track record of success in landing graduates positions that have better pay than other institutions in the state. The people who work in leadership roles at Bellarmine are good people, more often than not. The faculty who are involved in the campus life are good people. Work-life balance is an important thing, and despite not offering competitive salaries, the institution offers other soft benefits to offset its inability to pay well. The campus is beautiful, and there is just enough going on throughout the year to provide its community with a nice slate of cultural and athletic events.

Cons

Salaries are nowhere near competitive with the market, despite what people might assume about a private Catholic university. Because enrollment directly affects the budget, the ups and downs of the past several years have caused revolving crises. Many of the full-time faculty do not play an active role in the university, take an entitled position on governance, and beyond teaching their 2-3 courses each term they serve as little more than a drain on the institution's resources, suppressing salaries for the staff who work normal business hours year-round. It is a startlingly inequitable system for an institution that values equity.

3.0
Feb 19, 2025

Worked six years part time

Part time adjunct instructor
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Pros

can't think of anything in particular

Cons

low pay, low status, physically challenging environment (poor temp control during heat/cold extremes), dilapidated infrastructure. The usual small university problem of too many high paid "executives" and poorly paid teaching staff

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