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Rhodes College

Rhodes College is a private campus in Memphis proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Presbyterian Church (USA) affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$12,814

family income
under $30k

$13,319

$30–48k

$16,317

$48–75k

$23,056

$75–110k

$33,764

over $110k

Average net price

$28,5852023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Rhodes College rose from $22,491 (2008) to $28,585 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$22,491
2009	$22,363
2010	$23,011
2011	$24,414
2012	$24,751
2013	$25,909
2014	$27,322
2015	$26,905
2016	$25,629
2017	$26,077
2018	$27,540
2019	$25,881
2020	$27,647
2021	$26,604
2022	$25,060
2023	$28,585

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$71,1362024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Rhodes College rose from $43,418 (2009) to $71,136 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$43,418
2010	$45,008
2011	$46,456
2012	$48,833
2013	$50,659
2014	$52,958
2015	$55,135
2016	$57,166
2017	$59,455
2018	$61,236
2019	$62,570
2020	$64,249
2021	$65,940
2022	$66,266
2023	$68,055
2024	$71,136

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$19,503
2001	$20,566
2002	$21,366
2003	$22,628
2004	$24,274
2005	$27,874
2006	$28,802
2007	$30,652
2008	$32,446
2013	$39,794
2014	$41,572
2015	$43,224
2016	$44,942
2017	$46,504
2018	$47,890
2019	$49,198
2020	$50,910
2021	$50,910
2022	$52,310
2023	$54,892

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $57,110 before grants and other attendance costs. At Rhodes College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,836 — Rhodes College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

84.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Rhodes College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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84.5%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Rhodes College rose from 72% (entered 1991) to 84.5% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	72%
1992 cohort	73.9%
1993 cohort	77.1%
1994 cohort	67.2%
1995 cohort	71.3%
1996 cohort	73.1%
1997 cohort	74.4%
1998 cohort	82.5%
1999 cohort	79.9%
2000 cohort	81.1%
2001 cohort	73.1%
2002 cohort	72.2%
2003 cohort	79.4%
2004 cohort	79.8%
2005 cohort	75%
2006 cohort	81.2%
2007 cohort	78.3%
2008 cohort	80.2%
2009 cohort	82.7%
2010 cohort	79.2%
2011 cohort	82.8%
2012 cohort	85.4%
2013 cohort	79.8%
2014 cohort	81.7%
2015 cohort	85.4%
2016 cohort	85%
2017 cohort	81.6%
2018 cohort	84.5%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$17,030	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,934	$2,900
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,907	$3,790
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$16,125	$3,864
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$16,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,811	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$15,334	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,250	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,010	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,210	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$16,394	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,500	$7,217
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,175	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$23,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$24,684	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,000	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$5,750
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,217	$8,701
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$25,025	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$23,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,700	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$22,905	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$21,761	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$48,898

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$64,735

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$66,651

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Rhodes College admitted 3,205 of 6,365 applicants in Fall 2024. The 50.4% rate describes that application pool.

50.4%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $54,892 tuition · 2023–24 1,836 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1300–14861600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Rhodes College received 6,365 applications and admitted 3,205 (50.4%), with 388 enrolling.

Rhodes College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Rhodes College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 650–733 and Math was 650–753 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1300–1486 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	650	695	733
SAT Math	650	690	753
ACT Composite	26	29	32

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

50.3%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read Rhodes College's change from 65.7% to 50.3% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	65.7%
Fall 2002	69.5%
Fall 2003	72.5%
Fall 2004	54.4%
Fall 2005	30.5%
Fall 2006	48.4%
Fall 2007	51.2%
Fall 2008	49.9%
Fall 2009	41.9%
Fall 2010	41.9%
Fall 2011	50.1%
Fall 2012	54.6%
Fall 2013	57.6%
Fall 2014	60%
Fall 2015	46.9%
Fall 2016	54.3%
Fall 2017	51%
Fall 2018	44.5%
Fall 2019	44.7%
Fall 2020	51.4%
Fall 2021	56.9%
Fall 2022	53.9%
Fall 2023	49.7%
Fall 2024	50.3%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1300–1486Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1210	1380
Fall 2002	1190	1390
Fall 2003	1200	1380
Fall 2004	1190	1370
Fall 2005	1160	1350
Fall 2006	1150	1370
Fall 2007	1160	1360
Fall 2008	1160	1350
Fall 2009	1150	1380
Fall 2010	1150	1380
Fall 2011	1180	1370
Fall 2012	1150	1370
Fall 2013	1170	1370
Fall 2014	1200	1380
Fall 2015	1180	1380
Fall 2016	1170	1360
Fall 2017	1220	1410
Fall 2018	1240	1410
Fall 2019	1220	1430
Fall 2020	1220	1400
Fall 2021	1330	1490
Fall 2022	1310	1470
Fall 2023	1290	1490
Fall 2024	1300	1486

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

26–32Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	26	30
Fall 2002	26	30
Fall 2003	26	30
Fall 2004	25	30
Fall 2005	25	30
Fall 2006	25	30
Fall 2007	25	30
Fall 2008	26	30
Fall 2009	26	30
Fall 2010	26	30
Fall 2011	26	31
Fall 2012	26	31
Fall 2013	27	31
Fall 2014	27	31
Fall 2015	27	32
Fall 2016	27	31
Fall 2017	27	32
Fall 2018	28	31
Fall 2019	27	32
Fall 2020	27	32
Fall 2021	28	32
Fall 2022	28	32
Fall 2023	28	33
Fall 2024	26	32

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,836Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Rhodes College rose from 1,534 (Fall 2002) to 1,836 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,534
Fall 2003	1,528
Fall 2004	1,604
Fall 2005	1,640
Fall 2006	1,672
Fall 2007	1,668
Fall 2008	1,655
Fall 2009	1,647
Fall 2010	1,696
Fall 2011	1,811
Fall 2012	1,887
Fall 2013	2,012
Fall 2014	2,007
Fall 2015	2,031
Fall 2016	1,980
Fall 2017	1,975
Fall 2018	1,985
Fall 2019	1,941
Fall 2020	1,801
Fall 2021	1,983
Fall 2022	1,966
Fall 2023	1,931
Fall 2024	1,836

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

92%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Rhodes College rose from 82% (Fall 2002) to 92% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	82%
Fall 2003 cohort	89%
Fall 2004 cohort	88%
Fall 2005 cohort	86%
Fall 2006 cohort	88%
Fall 2007 cohort	85%
Fall 2008 cohort	90%
Fall 2009 cohort	87%
Fall 2010 cohort	87%
Fall 2011 cohort	90%
Fall 2012 cohort	93%
Fall 2013 cohort	88%
Fall 2014 cohort	91%
Fall 2015 cohort	93%
Fall 2016 cohort	91%
Fall 2017 cohort	90%
Fall 2018 cohort	92%
Fall 2019 cohort	87%
Fall 2020 cohort	94%
Fall 2021 cohort	91%
Fall 2022 cohort	91%
Fall 2023 cohort	92%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Rhodes College

15.9% of Rhodes College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Rhodes College as a primarily residential campus of 1,836 undergraduates — and 92.3% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Rhodes College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1300–1486 — their midpoint is above the TN four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Rhodes College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Rhodes College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Rhodes College50.4%

Tennessee median69.3%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Rhodes College$57,110

Tennessee median$21,400

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Rhodes College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Rhodes College$66,651

Tennessee median$48,382

National median$53,781

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Rhodes College, Tennessee and national reference values
Metric & basis	Rhodes College	Tennessee median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	50.4%	69.3%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$57,110	$21,400	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$66,651	$48,382	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Rhodes College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Rhodes College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 7 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Economics	$82,950
Computer Science	$78,973
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$77,838
Political Science and Government	$72,062
International Relations and National Security Studies	$56,744
Biology, General	$50,036
English Language and Literature, General	$49,042

These 7 fields listed for Rhodes College measure earnings after completion. The $66,651 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 28 additional Rhodes College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Rhodes College report?

Rhodes College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1300–1486 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Rhodes College's acceptance rate?

50.4% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 3,205 admitted from 6,365 applicants.

How much does Rhodes College cost?

At Rhodes College, tuition is $57,110. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Rhodes College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $66,651. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Tennessee

The University of the South — 56.9% admitted
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — 41.6% admitted
Freed-Hardeman University — 59.7% admitted
Fisk University — 37.4% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.