Robert Morris University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,021 (3% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 213 (10% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,868
Men / Women 56% / 44%
From State 75%
From Region 14%
Athletes 507 (18.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 72%
Black 9%
International 8%
Mixed 5%
Hispanic 4%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences 22 59% 77% 9% 0% 9% 0% $54,309 3 -1.09 31 100%
Biology 14 — 57% 71% 14% 0% 7% 0% $52,830 5 -1.58 27 100% — — — —
Environmental Science 8 — 62% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $56,899 42 -0.22 39 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business 230 63% 83% 0% 4% 3% 4% $71,819 50 -0.62 72 98% 7.8%
Accounting 47 — 51% 94% 0% 0% 2% 0% $81,457 37 -0.36 83 99% — — — —
Actuarial Science 8 — 62% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $80,044 9 -1.39 82 — — — — —
Business Administration 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $69,688 38 -0.41 68 96% 7.4% — — —
Business and Leadership 26 — 85% 69% 0% 19% 0% 4% $69,076 44 -0.30 67 — — — — —
Economics 6 — 83% 83% 0% 0% 0% 17% $79,055 25 -0.71 81 — — — — —
Finance 42 — 81% 93% 0% 0% 2% 2% $62,304 2 -1.27 53 96% — — — —
Financial Planning and Services 11 — 45% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,304 2 -1.27 53 96% — — — —
Hospitality Management 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,875 5 -1.24 14 89% — — — —
Marketing 77 — 56% 74% 0% 3% 5% 9% $72,651 36 -0.38 73 100% 7.9% — — —
Organizational Leadership 10 — 50% 70% 0% 30% 0% 0% $69,688 34 -0.45 68 96% 7.4% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Communications and Information Systems 109 72% 77% 2% 3% 4% 10% $80,052 72 -0.31 82 99% 4.9%
Cyber Forensics and Security 54 — 83% 78% 0% 2% 4% 13% $98,069 61 +0.23 94 100% 4.9% — — —
Information Science 16 — 81% 75% 6% 0% 0% 19% $76,985 12 -1.04 79 96% — — — —
Simulation and Game Design 2 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% $68,162 32 -0.60 66 — — — — —
UX/UI Design 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,551 32 -0.59 66 — — — — —
Advertising and Public Relations 12 — 25% 75% 0% 8% 0% 0% $68,527 21 -0.70 66 — — — — —
Communication — — — — — — — — $50,647 12 -1.05 22 — — — — —
Sports Communication 9 — 89% 89% 0% 11% 0% 0% $50,509 12 -1.06 22 — — — — —
Film and Media Arts 10 — 50% 80% 10% 0% 10% 0% $44,227 17 -0.70 10 — — — — —
Graphic Design 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $51,398 23 -0.67 24 98% — — — —
Visual Communication 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,398 45 -0.29 24 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education and Social Sciences 113 29% 75% 3% 12% 1% 3% $51,563 1 -0.68 24 89%
English 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,434 32 -0.49 17 — — — — —
History 7 — 57% 86% 14% 0% 0% 0% $51,148 28 -0.56 23 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — — — — — $51,824 26 -0.53 25 — — — — —
Political Science 7 — 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,864 16 -0.91 46 — — — — —
Psychology 38 — 21% 66% 3% 13% 3% 3% $46,579 5 -1.29 13 88% — — — —
Sociology and Anthropology 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,802 27 -0.55 22 — — — — —
Early Childhood Education 12 — 8% 75% 0% 0% 0% 8% $51,141 45 -0.17 23 — — — — —
Early Childhood Special Education 5 — 40% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,747 40 -0.23 22 — — — — —
Education 7 — 57% 43% 0% 57% 0% 0% $52,326 36 -0.32 26 — — — — —
English Education 2 — 50% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% $54,896 53 -0.08 33 97% — — — —
Middle School Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,884 33 -0.37 25 — — — — —
Secondary Education 5 — 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,615 32 -0.40 24 — — — — —
Special Education 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,747 23 -0.78 22 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 22 — 45% 77% 0% 14% 0% 5% $58,188 45 -0.24 42 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science 64 72% 67% 2% 5% 0% 23% $88,726 88 -0.78 89 99%
Engineering 37 — 81% 65% 3% 5% 0% 24% $86,624 12 -0.91 87 99% — — — —
Manufacturing Engineering 7 — 100% 14% 0% 0% 0% 86% $93,559 21 -0.71 91 100% — — — —
Applied Mathematics 3 — 0% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $74,998 5 -1.07 76 94% — — — —
Statistics 17 — 53% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,737 34 -0.47 91 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing and Health Sciences 77 19% 87% 1% 3% 3% 3% $78,449 68 -0.55 80 99%
Health Sciences 15 — 13% 93% 0% 7% 0% 0% $64,588 42 -0.27 58 — — — — —
Nuclear Medical Technology 7 — 43% 86% 0% 0% 0% 14% $75,739 38 -0.30 77 92% — — — —
Nursing 49 — 12% 84% 2% 2% 4% 2% $84,948 20 -0.73 86 99% — — — —
Nursing Education — — — — — — — — $89,946 48 -0.23 89 — — — — —
Health Services Administration 6 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,193 53 -0.16 55 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $38,425
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 52%
6-Year Graduation Rate 66%
Transfer-Out Rate 33%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 40.3% 248 61% 83% 0% 4% 3% 4% $71,452 31 -0.62 71 98% 7.8%
Computer Science 12.0% 74 81% 76% 1% 1% 3% 15% $91,904 19 -0.09 90 99% 4.9%
Health Sciences 11.5% 71 15% 86% 1% 3% 3% 3% $79,739 62 -0.59 81 99% —
Social Sciences 8.9% 55 31% 75% 2% 11% 2% 2% $48,990 6 -1.19 18 88% —
Engineering 7.2% 44 84% 57% 2% 5% 0% 34% $87,727 2 -0.88 88 99% —
Education 5.5% 34 26% 74% 3% 15% 0% 3% $51,616 35 -0.28 24 97% —
Professional 3.6% 22 45% 77% 0% 14% 0% 5% $58,188 22 -0.24 42 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.3% 20 45% 90% 0% 5% 0% 0% $90,926 77 -0.56 90 94% —
Arts 2.3% 14 50% 79% 7% 0% 14% 0% $46,276 25 -0.67 13 98% —
Life & Natural Sciences 2.3% 14 57% 71% 14% 0% 7% 0% $52,830 3 -1.58 27 100% —
Humanities 1.8% 11 45% 91% 9% 0% 0% 0% $50,161 22 -0.54 21 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.3% 8 62% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $56,899 37 -0.22 39 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $0.6M #307 85% $0.0M — — — 4
Business & Economics $0.3M #267 0% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.3M #325 73% $0 6 #124 22 —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #490 0% $0 — — — —
Education $0.1M #393 27% $0 13 #285 — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #394 0% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.0M #612 0% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.0M #537 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.4M #536 50% $0.0M 19 #387 22 4

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 139 $3.8M $3.8M $0
Lacrosse 51 $907K $907K $0
Soccer 32 $765K $765K $0
Ice Hockey 30 $1.5M $1.5M $0
Cross Country 20 $232K $232K $0
Basketball 15 $2.5M $2.5M $0
Golf 11 $255K $255K $0
Total 298 $9.9M $9.9M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 61 $837K $837K $0
Rowing 29 $557K $557K $0
Lacrosse 28 $755K $755K $0
Soccer 28 $759K $759K $0
Ice Hockey 25 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Softball 23 $884K $884K $0
Volleyball 17 $697K $697K $0
Basketball 16 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Total 209 $7.7M $7.7M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 139 $3.8M $3.8M $0
Lacrosse 79 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Track & Field (combined) 61 $837K $837K $0
Soccer 60 $1.5M $1.5M $0
Ice Hockey 55 $2.9M $2.9M $0
Basketball 31 $4.3M $4.3M $0
Rowing 29 $557K $557K $0
Softball 23 $884K $884K $0
Cross Country 20 $232K $232K $0
Volleyball 17 $697K $697K $0
Golf 11 $255K $255K $0
Total 507 $21.2M $21.2M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 90%
Yield (non-ED) 10%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 90% 90% 90%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional