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"If its elegant, Oxford-like campus of lovely grounds and collegiate Gothic buildings with leaded glass windows were transported from a residential area in Memphis, Tennessee, to a town in England, Rhodes College would be as selective as an Ivy school. But so long as it isn't it will have to be satisfied with being as good as, and in some important ways, better than an Ivy."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- 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.
- A coeducational, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences
founded in 1848 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- 100-acre park-like campus located in midtown Memphis.
- Collegiate Gothic campus with 13 stone buildings listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.
- Rhodes is committed through its fellowship program to providing
students the opportunity to combine academic knowledge with real-world
experience through research, creative activities, internships, service
and education abroad.
- Rhodes has a century-old tradition of student governance based
on the student-administered Honor Code. This leads to a campus culture
of responsibility and respect.
- Recent Rhodes graduates earned prestigious Fulbright, Luce, Rhodes
and Watson Scholarships.
- Rhodes is one of the few selective small liberal arts and sciences
colleges located in a major city.
- With a metropolitan population of more than a million, Memphis
is a city full of off-campus connections including internships, volunteer
opportunities, performance art and field research.
- All first-year students choose between two three-semester series
of humanities classes in which they probe such questions as the meaning
and purpose of life.
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WORTH NOTING |
- Rhodes has a century-old tradition of student governance based on the student-administered Honor Code.
- Recent Rhodes graduates earned prestigious Fulbright, Watson, and Rhodes Scholarships.
- Rhodes is one of the few small liberal arts and sciences colleges located in a major city that is ranked in the top tier by U.S. News & World Report.
- Memphis, the 18th largest city in the United States with over 1.3 million people, is a culturally rich city and offers students access to internships, service, and research opportunities as well as a variety of entertainment and recreational opportunities.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- Approximately 74% of students are from out of state.
- Students are from 44 states and 15 foreign countries.
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 95% of full-time faculty hold the most advanced degree in their
field; there are no teaching assistants.
- 24 majors, 8 interdisciplinary majors, and 33 minors
- Students are engaged through research, internships, community service,
international study, and a wide range of independent study options.
- 75% of Rhodes students participate in at least one internship and
65% study off-campus or in other countries.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Tuition and Fees: $33,710
- 80% of students receive financial assistance totaling more than
$25 million.
- Average award for students with financial need is $29,997.
- Average scholarship: $14,400
- Rhodes is rated a “Best Buy School” by Fiske Guide
to Colleges, one of 50 “Best Buys in Higher Education”
by Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine, one of Princeton
Review’s “Best Value Private Colleges” and the
No. 3 top value school in the nation by Consumer Digest.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- 76% of students live on campus.
- NCAA Division III, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
- More than 130 student clubs and organizations
- Kinney Community Service Program: 80% of students get involved with community service projects.
- The Rhodes Mock Trial teams have placed in the nation's “top
ten” on 16 occasions, and they also hold the current record
for consecutive national championship tournament appearances at 23
years.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Middle 50% SAT composite scores: 1210-1370
- 24% of students are from underrepresented minority groups.
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