- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Rhodes College
Memphis, TNCity: largeZIP 38112Founded 1848
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1848
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.rhodes.edu
TennesseeReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Rhodes College
Rhodes College is a private nonprofit college in Memphis, Tennessee, with 1,836 undergraduates. It admits 50% of applicants, graduates 81% within six years and costs $28,776 a year after aid.
81%graduate
Admission rate50%
Retention92%
4-year graduation76%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans46%
$28,776net price / year
50%admission rate
1362average SAT
81%graduate in 6 years
$79,506median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#219 of 1,704 for earnings#1,413 of 1,739 for lowest net price#166 of 1,738 for graduation rate#248 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $73,874tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $59,082
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $59,082
- Average net price
- $28,776national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,430
$30,001–48,000$10,443
$48,001–75,000$16,726
$75,001–110,000$20,256
$110,001+$36,911
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 50%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1362
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 650–733
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 650–753
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 26–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college50%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college81%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 81%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 76%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 83%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $59,328
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $79,506middle 50%: $54,434–$119,518
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$119,518
Median, Rhodes College$79,506
Lower quarter$54,434
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,836
- Part-time
- 4.9%
- Women / men
- 59% / 41%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 13%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 85%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,481 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $16,723
- Endowment, end of year
- $431,583,452
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White59%
Hispanic7.5%
Black9.4%
Asian8.8%
Two or more races5.2%
U.S. nonresident6.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown4.2%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences21%
Biological & biomedical sciences19%
Business & management11%
Physical sciences8.6%
Computer & information sciences7.5%
Psychology7.3%
English language & literature4.1%
Health professions3.9%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 221351. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1321046.