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University of Rio Grande

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 30,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Rio Grande, OH

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,363 (22%)
Days Without Precipitation 233 (22%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,208
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 84%
From Region 11%
Athletes 330 (29.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 62%
International 13%
Black 5%
Native American 1%
Hispanic 1%
Mixed 1%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 42.2% 42.2% 2012 Men: 38.9% 38.9% 2013 Men: 41.2% 41.2% 2014 Men: 42.5% 42.5% 2015 Men: 37.4% 37.4% 2016 Men: 40.2% 40.2% 2017 Men: 47.5% 47.5% 2018 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2019 Men: 42.0% 42.0% 2020 Men: 43.2% 43.2% 2021 Men: 47.1% 47.1% 2022 Men: 59.5% 59.5% 2023 Men: 60.4% 60.4% 2024 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2025 Men: 47.5% 47.5%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2012 Black: 11.9% 11.9% 2013 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2014 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2015 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2016 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2017 Black: 8.2% 8.2% 2018 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2019 Black: 7.6% 7.6% 2020 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2021 Black: 9.8% 9.8% 2022 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2023 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2024 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2025 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2011 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2020 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 White: 87.0% 87.0% 2012 White: 82.0% 82.0% 2013 White: 78.0% 78.0% 2014 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2015 White: 77.7% 77.7% 2016 White: 78.5% 78.5% 2017 White: 71.7% 71.7% 2018 White: 76.1% 76.1% 2019 White: 70.1% 70.1% 2020 White: 70.4% 70.4% 2021 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2022 White: 62.0% 62.0% 2023 White: 55.0% 55.0% 2024 White: 64.9% 64.9% 2025 White: 58.7% 58.7% 2011 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 International: 5.9% 5.9% 2017 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 International: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 International: 16.2% 16.2% 2024 International: 12.0% 12.0% 2025 International: 15.5% 15.5%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 1,233 1,233 2012 Total: 1,184 1,184 2013 Total: 1,155 1,155 2014 Total: 1,096 1,096 2015 Total: 918 918 2016 Total: 808 808 2017 Total: 685 685 2018 Total: 603 603 2019 Total: 519 519 2020 Total: 882 882 2021 Total: 759 759 2022 Total: 726 726 2023 Total: 1,106 1,106 2024 Total: 1,000 1,000 2025 Total: 1,208 1,208 2011 Men: 496 496 2012 Men: 464 464 2013 Men: 456 456 2014 Men: 427 427 2015 Men: 355 355 2016 Men: 325 325 2017 Men: 292 292 2018 Men: 249 249 2019 Men: 203 203 2020 Men: 300 300 2021 Men: 261 261 2022 Men: 308 308 2023 Men: 483 483 2024 Men: 465 465 2025 Men: 581 581 2011 Women: 737 737 2012 Women: 720 720 2013 Women: 699 699 2014 Women: 669 669 2015 Women: 563 563 2016 Women: 483 483 2017 Women: 393 393 2018 Women: 354 354 2019 Women: 316 316 2020 Women: 582 582 2021 Women: 498 498 2022 Women: 418 418 2023 Women: 623 623 2024 Women: 535 535 2025 Women: 627 627

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2012 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2012 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2013 Black: 6.2% 6.2% 2014 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2015 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2016 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2017 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2018 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2019 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2020 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2021 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2022 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2023 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2024 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2025 Black: 4.9% 4.9% 2011 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2016 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2018 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2020 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2011 White: 79.0% 79.0% 2012 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2013 White: 82.4% 82.4% 2014 White: 82.1% 82.1% 2015 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2016 White: 78.2% 78.2% 2017 White: 76.6% 76.6% 2018 White: 75.0% 75.0% 2019 White: 73.2% 73.2% 2020 White: 78.0% 78.0% 2021 White: 70.8% 70.8% 2022 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2023 White: 68.2% 68.2% 2024 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2025 White: 62.3% 62.3% 2011 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2012 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2015 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2018 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2019 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 International: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2024 International: 8.9% 8.9% 2025 International: 12.6% 12.6%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

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
University of Rio Grande 174 43% 66% 1% 2% 1% 10% $57,141 4 -1.02 54 95%
Computer Science 3 — 100% 33% 0% 0% 0% 33% $82,099 5 -1.25 88 — — — — —
Mathematics 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,754 5 -1.08 53 — — — — —
Biochemistry 5 — 20% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,313 6 -1.26 54 — — — — —
Biology — — — — — — — — $57,305 12 -1.06 54 — — — — —
Environmental Science 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% $55,155 33 -0.44 49 — — — — —
Environmental and Natural Resources Management 4 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,558 28 -0.51 47 — — — — —
Diagnostic Medical Sonography — — — — — — — — $66,536 11 -1.09 72 — — — — —
Nursing 26 — 12% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $97,464 76 +0.52 95 96% — — — —
Business Administration 25 — 72% 48% 0% 4% 4% 28% $56,018 4 -1.12 51 93% — — — —
Health Services Administration — — — — — — — — $58,119 30 -0.42 56 — — — — —
Healthcare Administration 4 — 25% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,267 34 -0.42 57 — — — — —
Sport Management 20 — 70% 30% 5% 5% 0% 25% $51,077 13 -1.08 38 94% — — — —
History 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,140 17 -0.76 32 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 5 — 80% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,569 19 -0.65 36 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 3 — 67% 33% 0% 33% 0% 33% $49,708 17 -0.73 34 — — — — —
Communication 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,539 12 -1.06 36 — — — — —
Psychology 6 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 33% $48,042 12 -1.07 29 — — — — —
Social Work 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,022 21 -0.50 32 — — — — —
Integrated Language Arts Education 10 — 10% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $42,316 5 -1.50 16 — — — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education 4 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $43,026 2 -1.41 17 — — — — —
Middle Childhood Education 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,971 2 -1.68 13 97% — — — —
Physical Education — — — — — — — — $43,220 1 -1.79 18 — — — — —
Social Studies Teacher Education 5 — 80% 40% 0% 0% 0% 0% $43,128 1 -2.06 17 — — — — —
Special Education 24 — 12% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,387 1 -2.64 9 — — — — —
Art Education 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $42,413 31 -0.47 16 — — — — —
Fine Arts 8 — 38% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $39,477 14 -0.79 11 — — — — —
Industrial Technology 4 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,529 67 +0.40 94 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $21,233
ROI Percentile 54th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 56%
4-Year Graduation Rate 25%
6-Year Graduation Rate 36%
Transfer-Out Rate 21%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 42.3% 42.3% 2012 Graduated: 42.7% 42.7% 2013 Graduated: 43.4% 43.4% 2014 Graduated: 39.3% 39.3% 2015 Graduated: 34.3% 34.3% 2016 Graduated: 35.6% 35.6% 2017 Graduated: 38.6% 38.6% 2018 Graduated: 28.9% 28.9% 2019 Graduated: 32.1% 32.1% 2020 Graduated: 24.9% 24.9% 2021 Graduated: 33.6% 33.6% 2022 Graduated: 37.9% 37.9% 2023 Graduated: 32.2% 32.2% 2024 Graduated: 36.0% 36.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 35.1% 2012 Men: 36.6% 2013 Men: 35.5% 2014 Men: 27.4% 2015 Men: 35.2% 2016 Men: 29.0% 2017 Men: 24.4% 2018 Men: 33.9% 2019 Men: 32.7% 2020 Men: 17.9% 2021 Men: 31.3% 2022 Men: 42.7% 2023 Men: 25.2% 2024 Men: 26.6% 2011 Women: 48.7% 2012 Women: 47.1% 2013 Women: 50.4% 2014 Women: 50.3% 2015 Women: 33.5% 2016 Women: 40.5% 2017 Women: 48.9% 2018 Women: 25.8% 2019 Women: 31.7% 2020 Women: 30.1% 2021 Women: 34.9% 2022 Women: 34.6% 2023 Women: 38.3% 2024 Women: 42.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 0.0% 2012 Black: 20.0% 2013 Black: 53.3% 2014 Black: 33.3% 2015 Black: 28.6% 2016 Black: 15.0% 2017 Black: 31.6% 2018 Black: 18.9% 2019 Black: 15.6% 2020 Black: 8.3% 2021 Black: 22.7% 2022 Black: 11.1% 2023 Black: 10.0% 2024 Black: 13.3% 2011 White: 41.9% 2012 White: 44.6% 2013 White: 44.7% 2014 White: 39.3% 2015 White: 36.3% 2016 White: 34.3% 2017 White: 39.3% 2018 White: 30.6% 2019 White: 32.6% 2020 White: 25.5% 2021 White: 34.5% 2022 White: 44.3% 2023 White: 37.0% 2024 White: 38.9%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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 28.2% 49 67% 41% 2% 4% 2% 24% $54,185 1 -1.05 46 94% —
Education 26.4% 46 24% 76% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,328 1 -2.16 12 97% —
Health Sciences 14.9% 26 12% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $97,464 95 +0.52 95 96% —
Humanities 6.3% 11 82% 55% 0% 9% 0% 9% $49,944 20 -0.70 34 — —
Arts 5.7% 10 30% 80% 0% 0% 10% 0% $40,064 7 -0.72 12 — —
Social Sciences 5.7% 10 30% 70% 0% 0% 0% 20% $48,586 4 -0.90 31 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 3.4% 6 50% 67% 0% 0% 0% 17% $54,757 25 -0.49 47 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 2.9% 5 20% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,313 11 -1.26 54 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.3% 4 25% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,754 2 -1.08 53 — —
Professional 2.3% 4 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $93,529 91 +0.40 94 — —
Computer Science 1.7% 3 100% 33% 0% 0% 0% 33% $82,099 8 -1.25 88 — —

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Other Sports 53 $1.1M $333K $746K
Track & Field (outdoor) 38 $772K $174K $598K
Baseball 32 $1.0M $554K $482K
Track & Field (indoor) 29 $257K $174K $82K
Wrestling 25 $559K $231K $328K
Soccer 24 $690K $578K $112K
Cross Country 21 $219K $149K $70K
Golf 19 $432K $169K $263K
Volleyball 18 $436K $233K $202K
Basketball 15 $460K $376K $84K
Archery 12 $227K $150K $76K
Bowling 12 $353K $111K $242K
Total 206 $6.5M $3.2M $3.3M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Softball 25 $469K $315K $154K
Soccer 19 $388K $257K $130K
Track & Field (indoor) 17 $173K $124K $48K
Basketball 16 $445K $404K $40K
Track & Field (outdoor) 16 $520K $124K $395K
Archery 15 $284K $188K $95K
Volleyball 15 $585K $272K $313K
Bowling 14 $287K $86K $200K
Wrestling 12 $415K $164K $250K
Golf 8 $125K $98K $26K
Cross Country 6 $124K $110K $14K
Other Sports 3 $54K $15K $38K
Total 124 $3.9M $2.2M $1.7M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Other Sports 56 $1.1M $348K $785K
Track & Field (outdoor) 54 $1.3M $299K $993K
Track & Field (indoor) 46 $431K $299K $131K
Soccer 43 $1.1M $835K $243K
Wrestling 37 $975K $396K $578K
Volleyball 33 $1.0M $506K $515K
Baseball 32 $1.0M $554K $482K
Basketball 31 $906K $781K $124K
Archery 27 $511K $339K $172K
Cross Country 27 $344K $259K $85K
Golf 27 $558K $267K $290K
Bowling 26 $641K $198K $442K
Softball 25 $469K $315K $154K
Total 330 $10.5M $6.0M $4.5M

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 No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

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