Location:  More than 200-acre campus east of Terre Haute, Indiana

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Founded:  1874 as Rose Polytechnic Institute

Renamed:  1971 as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Character:  Four-year, private, non-sectarian college of engineering, science, and mathematics

Enrollment:  Approx. 1900
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Degree Programs:

Applied Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Physics
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Optical Engineering
Physics
Software Engineering

Professor-student ratio:  1:12

Average class size:  20

Faculty:  158 full-time teaching faculty; 98% have earned Ph.D's; selected on ability to teach and area expertise

Athletics:  

• 21 Varsity Sports; (11 Men,
  10 Women)
• NCAA Division III
• Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Admission:  Highly competitive; more than 3,000 applications for 475-member freshman class

2007 Freshman profile:

• Median Class Rank (Percentile): 92.6%
• 15% ranked in the top three positions of their high school classes (of schools that report rank)
• 128 were involved in community service
• over 200 participated in performing arts
• 154 participated on academic teams
• 262 played varsity sports
• median SAT: 630 critical reading, 670 math
• median ACT: 28 English, 31 math

Graduation Rate:  73 % (4-Year)
                          83 % (6-Year)

After graduation:  Career placement nearly 100% annually; average starting salary in the $56,000 a year range; 15% of graduates go immediately to graduate school

Accreditation:

• The Higher Learning Commission http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org
  Chicago, IL 60602-2504
  312-263-0456
• Department of Education of the State of Indiana
• ABET
• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers

What Others Say:  U.S. News & World Report's 2008 survey of higher education for the ninth consecutive year lists Rose-Hulman as the No.1 engineering institution whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's.  And we were named #1 in five of our engineering departments that are evaluated by engineering deans and senior faculty:  mechanical, electrical, civil, computer, and chemical.

The 2004 edition of the Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide lists Rose-Hulman as one of the 12 "Hot Schools" in the country.

Rose-Hulman also is cited in:

• The Best Buys in College Education
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges
• Peterson's Competitive Colleges
• Barron's Guide to the Most Prestigious Colleges
• Princeton Review's Best 361 Colleges,
  2007 Edition
• Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide