Memphis, TN · Private nonprofit
50.3%
Acceptance rate
1,385
SAT Average
$25,060
Avg net price
1,931
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 531Master’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 112Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 103Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 46Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 39Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Southern Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
491 unique student-athletes · 19 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action
FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
FAFSA due Jan 31
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $56,300
- Required fees
- $810
- Food and housing
- $13,620
- Books and supplies
- $1,125
- Other expenses
- $2,619
- Total
- $74,474
- $64,5732019–2019–20
- $66,4702020–2120–21
- $66,5882021–2221–22
- $68,3502022–2322–23
- $71,5462023–2423–24
- $74,4742024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $25,060 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 54%
- Average share of need met
- 89%
- Average need-based grant
- $47,387
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Rhodes College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Rhodes College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Rhodes College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Rhodes College admits in-state applicants at 68.1%, out-of-state applicants at 74.6%, and international applicants at 18.9%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
494 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 12% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
19.8% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
35% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Rhodes College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 85.2% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 27.3% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.75
High-school class rank
Among the 27.3% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Rhodes College rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Rhodes College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $74,618 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $25,060 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 269 of 494 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $74,618
Averages among the 269 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Rhodes College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Rhodes College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
Waitlist ranked
Not disclosed91.2% of Rhodes College’s first-years return for a second year and 81.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03