University of Rochester — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Rochester, NY

Population 700,000

Website http://www.rochester.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)

Sunshine Hours 2,207 (8% 🌧️)

Days Without Precipitation 198 (4% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,299

Men / Women 48% / 52%

From State 30%

From Region 18%

Athletes 11.9%

Racial/Ethnic

White 38%

International 23%

Asian 19%

Hispanic 8%

Black 5%

Mixed 4%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Eastman School of Music	103	41% / 59%	19%	$35,063	1	91%
Music	7 +2	14% / 86%	29%	$33,568	1	91%
Music Education	5 +3	80% / 20%	0%	$64,085	37	91%
Music Performance	90 +1	40% / 60%	20%	$33,568	1	91%
Recording Arts Technology	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—	—	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences	364	68% / 32%	32%	$120,119	98	95%
Biomedical Engineering	59 —	41% / 59%	24%	$99,139	91	87%
Chemical Engineering	18 —	50% / 50%	28%	$102,786	93	94%
Electrical Engineering	31 —	84% / 16%	42%	$106,230	95	94%
Engineering	— —	—	—	$103,049	94	—
Engineering Science	6 —	50% / 50%	33%	$98,972	91	—
Geomechanics	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$95,983	89	—
Mechanical Engineering	55 —	71% / 29%	22%	$90,253	85	97%
Optical Engineering	26 —	73% / 27%	46%	$106,230	95	94%
Computer Science	156 +5	77% / 23%	36%	$148,772	100	99%
Engineering Technology	11 —	73% / 27%	36%	$91,889	86	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Arts and Sciences	1,094	43% / 57%	23%	$77,049	69	95%
Computational Science	54 +2	61% / 39%	57%	$114,063	97	—
Applied Mathematics	18 —	72% / 28%	61%	$100,242	92	—
Applied Physics	10 +1	30% / 70%	10%	$86,504	82	—
Chemistry	26 +4	46% / 54%	19%	$71,555	58	—
Geosciences	3 —	33% / 67%	33%	$68,150	49	—
Mathematics	46 +8	78% / 22%	39%	$117,071	98	100%
Mathematics and Statistics	2 +1	50% / 50%	50%	$101,301	93	—
Optics	6 —	83% / 17%	33%	$86,800	82	—
Physics	28 +2	71% / 29%	54%	$87,993	83	—
Research Methods	5 —	80% / 20%	40%	$101,122	92	—
Statistics	36 +7	61% / 39%	58%	$100,529	92	—
Biology	253 +5	39% / 61%	13%	$77,712	70	91%
Environmental Science	14 —	29% / 71%	21%	$55,103	13	95%
Environmental Studies	8 +1	25% / 75%	0%	$55,103	13	95%
American Sign Language (ASL)	4 +3	0% / 100%	0%	$59,533	23	—
Clinical and Translational Science	11 —	18% / 82%	9%	$77,857	71	—
Environmental Health	8 —	50% / 50%	0%	$72,357	59	—
Epidemiology	3 —	0% / 100%	0%	$66,831	45	—
Public Health	8 —	12% / 88%	0%	$71,920	58	—
Quantitative Economics	91 +18	65% / 35%	47%	$100,522	92	92%
African American Studies	— +1	—	—	$57,564	18	—
Anthropology	9 +3	11% / 89%	11%	$62,920	33	—
Classical Languages	— +2	—	—	$56,959	17	—
Comparative Literature	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$55,220	13	—
Creative Writing	9 +6	11% / 89%	0%	$51,674	9	—
Digital Communication	32 +2	66% / 34%	28%	$61,460	29	—
East Asian Studies	3 —	33% / 67%	33%	$57,787	19	—
English	23 +7	17% / 83%	13%	$47,926	5	95%
Experimental Psychology	57 +7	16% / 84%	11%	$66,327	43	100%
French	2 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$56,978	17	—
German	1 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$57,124	17	—
History	18 +6	50% / 50%	11%	$54,465	12	90%
Interdisciplinary Studies	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—	—	—
Interdisciplinary Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$55,534	14	—
International Affairs	14 +5	43% / 57%	14%	$74,820	65	86%
Italian	1 +2	0% / 100%	0%	—	—	—
Japanese	2 +1	0% / 100%	50%	$56,771	16	—
Linguistics	14 —	36% / 64%	0%	$56,637	16	—
Philosophy	10 +1	90% / 10%	20%	$57,738	19	—
Political Science	54 +12	50% / 50%	6%	$63,439	35	96%
Psychological Sciences	133 +8	22% / 78%	20%	$66,327	43	100%
Psychology	— —	—	—	$60,397	26	92%
Religious Studies	1 +2	0% / 100%	0%	$55,772	15	—
Russian	— —	—	—	$57,043	17	—
Russian Studies	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$57,384	18	—
Social Sciences	31 +2	26% / 74%	6%	$70,885	56	96%
Spanish	1 +2	0% / 100%	0%	$56,910	17	—
Women's Studies	1 +3	0% / 100%	0%	$56,123	15	—
General Education	3 —	0% / 100%	0%	$55,743	14	—
Art History	1 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$39,291	2	—
Dance	6 +1	0% / 100%	0%	$39,943	2	—
Film Studies	5 +2	40% / 60%	20%	$39,798	2	—
Jazz Studies	10 +1	90% / 10%	10%	$33,568	1	91%
Music Theory and Composition	5 +1	60% / 40%	100%	$33,568	1	91%
Studio Art	9 +5	11% / 89%	11%	$39,336	2	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Nursing	220	20% / 80%	0%	$89,883	85	97%
Nursing	217 —	19% / 81%	0%	$90,193	85	97%
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	3 +2	33% / 67%	0%	$67,494	47	—

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Simon Business School		225	54% / 46%	46%	$98,168	91	100%
Quantitative Business		225 +18	54% / 46%	46%	$98,168	91	100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $74,218

ROI Percentile 82th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 91%

4-Year Graduation Rate 71%

6-Year Graduation Rate 85%

Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

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

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

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/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences	21.1%	424	32% / 68%	14%	$63,451	35	97%
Business & Economics	15.8%	316	57% / 43%	46%	$98,846	91	98%
Life & Natural Sciences	12.6%	253	39% / 61%	13%	$77,712	70	91%
Health Sciences	12.5%	251	20% / 80%	1%	$87,734	83	97%
Computer Science	10.5%	210	73% / 27%	41%	$139,847	100	99%
Engineering	9.8%	197	61% / 39%	29%	$99,006	91	93%
Physical Sciences & Math	9.0%	180	65% / 35%	43%	$96,841	90	100%
Arts	6.9%	139	41% / 59%	20%	$35,594	2	91%
Agriculture & Food Science	1.1%	22	27% / 73%	14%	$55,103	13	95%
Professional	0.5%	11	73% / 27%	36%	$91,889	86	—
Education	0.1%	3	0% / 100%	0%	$55,743	14	—

Research R1

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Health Sciences	$232M	#42	64%	$27.8M	7	#161	38	40
Physical Sciences & Math	$136M	#23	93%	$1.6M	65	#40	476	37
Life & Natural Sciences	$75.6M	#71	83%	$0.8M	53	#49	450	52
Engineering	$22.2M	#146	83%	$0.3M	52	#70	236	23
Humanities & Social Sciences	$8.7M	#158	72%	$0	70	#71	107	11
Computer Science	$3.5M	#158	75%	$0.2M	14	#71	71	—
Education	$2.3M	#168	99%	$0	34	#117	—	—
Business & Economics	$0.0M	#439	100%	$0	13	#102	61	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$0	#318	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Total	$481M	#65	76%	$30.7M	308	#73	1,439	163

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.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 42%

Yield (Unbound) 9%

Early Decision 1 Nov 1

Early Action Dec 1

Regular Decision Jan 5

Early Decision 2 Jan 5

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	50%	59%	18%
Early Decision	50%	59%	18%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 22%

SAT Range 1400 – 1510

SAT Math Range 700 – 780

SAT RW Range 680 – 750

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.