Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
80.9%
4,847 admitted
SAT · 50th
1380
Range 1270–1450
6-yr grad
74.4%
Retention 91.6%
Undergrads
2,160
11:1 S-F
Admissions
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72.1% / 85.1%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications5,991
Overall admit rate80.9%
In-state admit rate72.1%
Out-of-state admit rate85.1%
Enrolled485 · 10.0% yield
Admitted from waitlist1 of 113
Very important factorsGPA, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsClass rank, Demonstrated interest
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1380
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1270–1450 · 35.7% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W620670720
Math650700750
Comp127013801450
ACT
255075
Comp283134
Cost & aid
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$56,910
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$56,910
Fees$1,290
Room & board$17,427
Books$1,500
Avg need-based grant$39,009
% need met69.0%
Avg debt at graduation$46,909
Academics
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11 : 1
student-faculty ratio
91.6% retention
Student-faculty11 : 1
Retention91.6%
4-year graduation59.1%
6-year graduation74.4%
Enrollment
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2,160
undergraduates
66.6% out-of-state · 37 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates2,160
First-year484
Transfer15
Full-time99%
Female24%
Out-of-state66.6%
International (freshmen)37
Rankings
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#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil (Bachelor/Master)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications (Bachelor/Master)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Mechanical (Bachelor/Master)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Computer (Bachelor/Master)#226
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#3626
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#3726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Special Focus Institution
Carnegie Classification
2 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationSpecial Focus Institution2
Athletic conferenceHeartland Collegiate Athletic Conference2
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingIndiana colleges8
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionFebruary 1 → March 15 → May 1
Early actionNovember 1 → December 15
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyTest Optional
HS units required4 Eng, 4 Math, 3 Sci, 3 SciLab, 2 SS
Admissions URLhttps://www.commonapp.org/school/rose-hu…
Admissions emailadmissions@rose-hulman.edu
Admissions phone(812) 877-8213
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Worcester Polytech…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA · Private (nonprofit)——5K
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI · Private (nonprofit)67.1%13102K
Purdue University IN · Public43.4%136043K
Michigan Technological University MI · Public85.5%12306K
Clarkson University NY · Private (nonprofit)82.5%12702K
Illinois Institute of Technology IL · Private (nonprofit)54.9%1300—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

13 years of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.