Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology
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
Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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 28 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 20 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 28.6%
- No Data20 · 71.4%
- 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
Action history · 2
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Oct 2014Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
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, 339 students received $1.8M in Pell grants, alongside $11.3M 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 403 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below 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 RIT
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 · 12
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
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.
RIT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions RIT 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 78% | — | 2,334 | $42,513 | — |
| — | — | 39 | — | — | |
| — | 95.8% | 389 | — | — | |
| 96% | 25.2% | 405 | $25,171 | — | |
| 88% | 14.0% | 106 | $73,043 | — | |
| Peer group median | 88% | 25.2% | 389 | $42,513 |
Institutions like RIT
Explore the federal data for institutions in RIT's comparison group.
- Illinois
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment39Net price—View data - California
San Francisco Bay University
Grad rate—Admit rate95.8%Enrollment389Net price—View data - Massachusetts
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Grad rate96%Admit rate25.2%Enrollment405Net price$25,171View data - New York
Webb Institute
Grad rate88%Admit rate14.0%Enrollment106Net price$73,043View data
RIT Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment seeks to foster a culture of evidence-based continuous improvement and to be recognized as a leader and contributor in institutional research and the assessment of student learning.
Visit IR office page- Matt LovellSenior Director, Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment
- Timothy ChowDirector of Institutional Research
- Dereth KirbyData Coordinator
- Mitch DanielDirector of Assessment
Common Data Set
RIT's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C15,384 applied → 3,920 admitted (72.8%) → 568 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 72.8% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1290–1460 (median 1370).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 29–34 (median 31).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C2168 offered a waitlist spot, 78 accepted it, 9 admitted (11.5% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $76,425 (2023-2024).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $76,425 → about $37,544 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($38,881); 73% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H194% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H554% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $45,749 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 82%; first-year retention 91%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 3 pts above the overall rate (85% vs 82%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I342% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~99% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B27% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B12,235 undergraduates and 15 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D164 transfer applicants → 43 admitted (67.2%) → 14 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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