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Rhodes College Data & Information Overview

9 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
57% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Rhodes College Ranked?

#637 Best Colleges in Nation
#8 Best Colleges in TN
Business Administration & Management Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Rhodes College was awarded 9 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.

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Overall Quality

Rhodes College is ranked #637 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

Rhodes College also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Rhodes College?

57% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
12% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Rhodes College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 57%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to Rhodes College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 680 and 730. Math scores were between 650 and 760.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Rhodes College  ( 680 to 730 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Rhodes College  ( 650 to 760 )
200
800
Rhodes College received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 28 and 32.

ACT Composite Scores for Rhodes College  ( 28 to 32 )
1
36

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Rhodes College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
83% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Rhodes College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Rhodes College is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  83 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Rhodes College

94% Freshmen Retention
73% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Rhodes College has a freshmen retention rate of 94%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  94 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Rhodes College for first-time, full-time students is 73%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  73 out of 100
0
100

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Rhodes College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,788 Full-Time Undergraduates
29.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
59.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,840 undergraduates at Rhodes College with 1,788 being full-time and 52 being part-time.

How Much Does Rhodes College Cost?

$25,881 Net Price
40% Take Out Loans
$23,656 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Rhodes College is $25,881. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Rhodes College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$15,081 $15,566 $21,919 $25,525 $33,652

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Rhodes College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Rhodes College, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,914 a year. That adds up to $23,656 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rhodes College is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Rhodes College Graduates Make?

$66,619 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Rhodes College make around $66,619 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Rhodes College students since it is 57% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Rhodes College

Tennessee State
1,788 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Rhodes College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for Rhodes College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690
Phone: 901-843-3000
Website: www.rhodes.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhodescollege?utm_source=home_page&utm_medium=web&utm_content=facebook_link&utm_campaign=social_media
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rhodescollege

Rhodes College Majors

34 Majors With Completions
463 Undergraduate Degrees
26 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 34 majors graduated from Rhodes College. Of these students, 463 received undergraduate degrees and 26 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 64 $41,921
General Biology 46 $20,208
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 36 NA
General English Literature 31 $22,668
General Psychology 29 $23,132
Chemistry 27 NA
International Relations & National Security 26 NA
Political Science & Government 26 $23,918
Computer Science 24 $35,837
History 15 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Rhodes College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

This is a decrease from the 1,875 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Rhodes College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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