by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Robert Morris University was awarded 19 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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College Factual ranked RMU as #520 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when RMU held the #853 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
RMU is also ranked #29 out of 103 schools in Pennsylvania.
The acceptance rate at Robert Morris University is 94%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into RMU is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Robert Morris University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Robert Morris University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Robert Morris University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At RMU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 55%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Robert Morris University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,312 undergraduates at RMU with 3,070 being full-time and 242 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,887 | $22,596 | $24,828 | $27,641 | $28,586 |
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 RMU, 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 RMU, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $10,189 a year. That adds up to $40,756 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Robert Morris University.
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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 135 | $46,589 |
| Nursing | 124 | $67,518 |
| Accounting | 64 | $57,685 |
| Other Engineering | 63 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 61 | NA |
| Marketing | 56 | $43,274 |
| Security Science and Technology | 52 | $69,872 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 43 | $50,728 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 41 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 40 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,067 students took at least one online class at Robert Morris University. This is a decrease from the 2,533 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,067 | 580 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,533 | 664 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,391 | 861 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,751 | 672 |
Learn more about online learning at Robert Morris University.
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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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