How hard is Rhodes College to get into?
Rhodes College acceptance rate is 49.68% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 6,025 students applied and 2,993 were admitted to the school. It means that your chances of getting into Rhodes is not low.
Rhodes's acceptance rate is the 4th lowest among 37 Tennessee colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 1400 and the ACT score is 30 at Rhodes. Rhodes's SAT score ranks 2nd out of 29 Tennessee colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to Rhodes, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of Rhodes College is 49.68% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 16.14%. 2,653 men and 3,251 women applied to Rhodes and 1,204 men and 1,723 women students were accepted.
121 applicants who has another gender applied and 66 were accepted.
Among them, 215 men and 256 women were enrolled in Rhodes (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 38 students (8% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 107 students (22%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at Rhodes.
The median SAT score is 1,400 with 690 SAT EBRW and 710 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 730 and the 25th percentile is 650. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 760 and 25th percentile is 640 .
The median ACT composite score is 30 with 75th percentile score of 33 and 25th percentile score of 28 at Rhodes. The median ACT math score is 28 and the ACT English score is 34.
How competitive is Rhodes's score?
The SAT and ACT scores at Rhodes College are similar to the average score compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,283, ACT: 28 - private (not-for-profit) baccalaureate college - arts & sciences).
The institutional SAT code for Rhodes is 1730 and 4-digt code ACT code is 4008.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 483 first-year students enrolled in Rhodes. The proportion of full-time students is 99.79% and part-time students is 0.21%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 44.51% and women students is 53.00%. 2.48% of students has another gender.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at Rhodes.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at Rhodes. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Rhodes College.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The following table provides general admission information for applying to Rhodes.