- The Inkwell
- Indiana
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, INCity: smallZIP 47803Founded 1874
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1874
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: engineering & technology
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1988
- Website
- www.rose-hulman.edu
IndianaPrivate nonprofit
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit institute in Terre Haute, Indiana, with 2,309 undergraduates. It admits 77% of applicants, graduates 74% within six years and costs $43,360 a year after aid.
74%graduate
Admission rate77%
Retention92%
4-year graduation59%
Pell Grant share14%
Federal loans38%
$43,360net price / year
77%admission rate
1427average SAT
74%graduate in 6 years
$107,683median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#33 of 1,704 for earnings#1,688 of 1,739 for lowest net price#274 of 1,738 for graduation rate#764 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
- $82,580tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $60,850
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $60,850
- Average net price
- $43,360national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$39,823
$30,001–48,000$46,548
$48,001–75,000$50,510
$75,001–110,000$56,158
$110,001+$54,689
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 77%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1427
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 650–730
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 670–770
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 29–34
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college77%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college74%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college14%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 74%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 59%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 82%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $89,469
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $107,683middle 50%: $84,476–$141,828
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$141,828
Median, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$107,683
Lower quarter$84,476
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
- 2,309
- Part-time
- 0.7%
- Women / men
- 24% / 76%
- Average age at entry
- 19.6
- First-generation students
- 14%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 14%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 96%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,761 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $19,963
- Endowment, end of year
- $294,620,999
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White68%
Hispanic5.1%
Black2.6%
Asian7.9%
Two or more races6.5%
U.S. nonresident8.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown0.9%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering73%
Computer & information sciences22%
Mathematics & statistics2.5%
Physical sciences2.1%
Biological & biomedical sciences1.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 152318. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q2166712.