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#35 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#84 Best Value Schools
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#53 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#35 Most Innovative Schools
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#176 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Rhodes College is ranked #53 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
71
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
70
Graduation and retention rank
53
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
83%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
91%
Social Mobility Rank
176
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
79%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
83%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
73
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
78
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
92.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
98%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
71.3%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
41
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
28-31
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
54%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
95
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
34
Average alumni giving rate
29.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
