Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Biology/Biological Sciences, General (12% of graduates). 9 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 84% of colleges. 85% of faculty are full-time. Spends $16,723 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
531 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 44% of graduates; 37 programs in 17 fields awarded at least one.
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.010112% 64Graduates in this field earn $50,036 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020111% 56Graduates in this field earn $77,838 4 years out
- Computer Science 11.07017.5% 40Graduates in this field earn $78,973 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01017.3% 39
- Neuroscience 26.15016.8% 36
Fastest-growing field: Computer science, 1.9% → 7.5% of graduates since 2014–15 (40 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Economics$82,950 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $57,814
4 years after completion$82,950National median: $82,686About typicalMedian federal debt: $19,500 · 48 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer Science$78,973 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $60,225
4 years after completion$78,973National median: $107,009Below typicalMedian federal debt: $25,982 · 60 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$77,838 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $58,550
4 years after completion$77,838National median: $68,257Above typical4 years out, Pell: $66,421 · Non-Pell: $78,358(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $21,920 · 134 graduates, two most recent years combined
Political Science and Government$72,062 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $35,537
4 years after completion$72,062National median: $63,293Above typical4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $65,792(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,500 · 57 graduates, two most recent years combined
International Relations and National Security Studies$56,744 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $23,835
4 years after completion$56,744National median: $66,596Below typicalMedian federal debt: $22,072 · 46 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 9 to 1 in its Common Data Set (1,728 students, 190 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
79%
of classes have fewer than 20 students
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 91 | 18% |
| 10–19 | 301 | 61% |
| 20–29 | 87 | 18% |
| 30–39 | 14 | 3% |
| 40–49 | 1 | 0% |
| 50–99 | 0 | 0% |
| 100+ | 0 | 0% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Cross-registration
- Double major
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, intensive writing, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$85,478
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Rhodes College Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Rhodes College Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)