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Rhodes College was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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Rhodes College landed the #698 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Rhodes College also holds the #9 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.
If you're applying to Rhodes College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 54%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 11% 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 660 and 730. Math scores were between 650 and 740.
The student to faculty ratio at Rhodes College is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Rhodes College has a freshmen retention rate of 91%. 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.
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 79%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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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.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,115 | $15,157 | $19,473 | $27,457 | $33,526 |
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.
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 37% of students took out student loans averaging $7,444 a year. That adds up to $29,776 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 71 | $58,550 |
| General Biology | 47 | $28,901 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 37 | $35,556 |
| Chemistry | 36 | NA |
| General Psychology | 33 | $37,563 |
| Political Science & Government | 32 | $35,537 |
| Computer Science | 28 | $60,225 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 28 | NA |
| General English Literature | 24 | NA |
| Economics | 23 | $57,814 |
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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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