Rhodes College aspires to graduate students with a lifelong passion for learning, a compassion for others, and the ability to translate academic study and personal concern into effective leadership and action in their communities and the world.
Rhodes College is a four-year, private, perennial top-tier liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1848, Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students. About one third of Rhodes students go on to graduate and professional school soon after graduation. The acceptance rates to law and business schools are around 95%, and the acceptance rate to medical school is nearly twice the national average.
Rhodes College is featured in Loren Pope's, Colleges That Change Lives and is featured on the cover of the 2008 Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges.
Rhodes College traces its origin as a degree-granting institution to the Masonic University of Tennessee, founded in 1848 in Clarksville, Tennessee. The institution became Montgomery Masonic College in 1850 and later was renamed Stewart College in honor of its president William M. Stewart. It was under Stewart's leadership that control of the college passed from the Masons to the Presbyterian Church in 1855. In 1875, the college added to its undergraduate program a School of Theology and became Southwestern Presbyterian University. The School of Theology operated until 1917.
In 1925, president Charles Diehl led the college in a move to its present campus in Memphis, Tennessee (the Clarksville campus would later become Austin Peay State University). At that time, the college shortened its name to Southwestern. In 1945, the college adopted the name Southwestern at Memphis, to distinguish itself from other colleges and universities containing the name "Southwestern." Finally, in 1984, the college's name was changed to Rhodes College to honor former college president Peyton Nalle Rhodes.
Since 1984, Rhodes has grown from a regionally recognized institution to a nationally ranked liberal arts college." Even as overall enrollment has increased over the past twenty years, the student body has comprised increasing proportions of students from outside Tennessee and the Southeast region.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 72% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) Basketball (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) Baseball (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) Track (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 27,874 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 26,175 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 310 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,456 | 13% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 4,974 | 3% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 11,558 | 77% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,627 | 46% | |
Any Aid: |
80% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 31% (Highly Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 78% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 580, Math: 580 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 680, Math: 670 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 67% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 25, Verbal: 26, Math: 24 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 30, Verbal: 31, Math: 29 |
| Application Fee: | $ 45.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
