by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Robert Morris University came in at #370 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
In addition, RMU took the #24 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, RMU came in at #231.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, RMU came in at #20.
The total graduate student population at RMU is made up of 55.7% women and 44.3% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 15.0% of the graduate students who attend RMU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. RMU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 5.6% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for full-time graduate students is not available due to a lack of data.
After obtaining their master's degree from RMU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $73,103. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 25% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from RMU earn an average salary of $92,343 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 23% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for RMU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6001 University Boulevard, Moon Township, PA 15108-1189 |
| Phone: | 412-397-3000 |
| Website: | www.rmu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/RMUpgh |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/rmu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62.7% of the graduate students at RMU took at least one online course. Roughly 56.7% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | 21 |
| Information Science | 7 |
| Nursing | 19 |
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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