Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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How strong are the academics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology?

Let's cover class sizes, graduation rates, and outcomes.

11:1
Student to faculty ratio
20
Average class size
68%
4-year grad rate

Class Sizes

Class sizes likely stayed the same for you through high school. You'll find that college is much different. Some of the largest universities have classes that can seat hundreds of students in giant lecture halls. Conversely, as they progress and their focus narrows, higher-level courses can sometimes have just a handful of students.

Rose-Hulman has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 11:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Class Sizes
2-9
59
10-19
142
20-29
258
30-39
13
40-49
1

Outcomes

It’s critical to understand a school’s outcomes to understand if your four (or more) years at the school will be worth it. Here are some key statistics about the outcomes of students who enroll at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology:

91%
First-year retention rate
68%
4-year grad rate
82%
6-year grad rate

The average base annual salary of students who were employed within six months of graduation is $80,157. This is higher than the national average of $48,300.

$80,157
$48,300 (National Average)

Majors

Many students choose a school largely based on the what they want to study. The are Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's most popular majors, ranked by how many people graduated with the concentration in the most recent year:

Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Engineering, General
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
9.6
31.68
53.76
75.84
97.92
120

The Full List

Major Graduates
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General 4
  • Biochemistry 3
  • Molecular Biochemistry 0
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other 0
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
  • Computer Science 58
  • Computer and Information Sciences, Other 4
Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering 120
  • Computer Engineering, General 33
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 28
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering 28
  • Chemical Engineering 26
  • Civil Engineering, General 20
  • Computer Software Engineering 17
  • Engineering, General 11
  • Laser and Optical Engineering 6
  • Engineering Physics/Applied Physics 3
Mathematics And Statistics
  • Mathematics, General 6
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • International/Globalization Studies 0
  • Computational Science 0
  • Data Science, General 0
Physical Sciences
  • Physics, General 4
  • Chemistry, General 4
Social Sciences
  • Economics, General 0

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