Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 23.4-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 43 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 37 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing6 · 14.0%
- No Data37 · 86.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 3
- Jan 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Nov 2017Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Sep 2016Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 434 students received $2.4M in Pell grants, alongside $5.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 371 borrowers who entered repayment, 13 (3.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Rochester
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 13
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
- Public property1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Rochester vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Rochester selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRochester University | 44% | — | 1,193 | $21,456 | Baccalaureate |
| 63% | 57.0% | 1,197 | $20,694 | Baccalaureate | |
| 51% | 99.2% | 1,017 | $12,404 | Baccalaureate | |
| 35% | 83.2% | 979 | $21,393 | Baccalaureate | |
| 45% | 72.5% | 1,765 | $25,368 | Baccalaureate | |
| 64% | 78.2% | 1,027 | $23,245 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 48% | 78.2% | 1,110 | $21,425 |
Institutions like Rochester
Explore the federal data for institutions in Rochester's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateMichigan
Alma College
Grad rate63%Admit rate57.0%Enrollment1,197Net price$20,694View data - BaccalaureateMichigan
Grace Christian University
Grad rate51%Admit rate99.2%Enrollment1,017Net price$12,404View data - BaccalaureateMichigan
The University of Olivet
Grad rate35%Admit rate83.2%Enrollment979Net price$21,393View data - BaccalaureateMichigan
Adrian College
Grad rate45%Admit rate72.5%Enrollment1,765Net price$25,368View data - BaccalaureateWisconsin
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Grad rate64%Admit rate78.2%Enrollment1,027Net price$23,245View data
Rochester Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Larry StewartDirector of Alumni Information and Institutional Research
Common Data Set
Rochester's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C1530 applied → 527 admitted (99.4%) → 196 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 99.4% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $36,440 (2021-2022).
Where grant aid comes from
H157% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H585% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $5,327 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 42%; first-year retention 60%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 12 pts below the overall rate (30% vs 42%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I362% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~3% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B22% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B11,198 undergraduates and 33 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1131 transfer applicants → 131 admitted (100.0%) → 112 enrolled
Source publications
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