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Roanoke College is one of the leading colleges in Virginia with the acceptance rate of 80%. Deadlines for application are Early Decision - November 15 and Early Action - October 18 and Regular - March 15 . For more information, call 540/375-2270 or send email at admissions@roanoke.edu.

4953 Enrolled 80% Acceptance Rate 22 - 27 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 4,953
    • Average HS GPA: 3.56
    • Acceptance Rate: 80%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 13% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 20% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 14% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 14% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 12% — 2.50 - 2.99
    • 3% — 2.00 - 2.49

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    550 - 630
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    530 - 600
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    22 - 27

  • Deadlines

    Early Decision
    November 15
    Early Action
    October 18
    Regular
    March 15

Academics

  • Majors

    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Actuarial Science.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Communication, General.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer Science.
    EDUCATION.
    Art Teacher Education.
    Biology Teacher Education.
    Chemistry Teacher Education.
    Computer Teacher Education.
    Elementary Education and Teaching.
    English/Language Arts Teacher Education.
    French Language Teacher Education.
    Mathematics Teacher Education.
    Music Teacher Education.
    Physical Education Teaching and Coaching.
    Physics Teacher Education.
    Social Studies Teacher Education.
    Spanish Language Teacher Education.
    Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other.
    Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other.
    Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor.
    ENGINEERING.
    Engineering Science.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    Creative Writing.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    French Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Public Health, General.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
    Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Mathematics, General.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Studies.
    PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES.
    Kinesiology and Exercise Science.
    Sport and Fitness Administration/Management.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Christian Studies.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry, General.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Economics, General.
    International Relations and Affairs.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
    Art/Art Studies, General.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Music, General.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's

  • Prominent Alumni

    Dr. Ralph Snyderman
    Chancellor-School of Med., Duke Univ.
    Dr. William O. Baker
    Chairman Emeritus, Mellon Foundation
    William B. Johnson
    Chairman Emeritus, IC Industries of Chicago
    Linda Hamilton
    Television/film actress
    H. Lawrence Culp
    Chairman and CEO, General Electric
    John D. Hall
    President of Time/Life International
    Christine Lincoln
    Author

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Nov 15

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA
    • State Aid

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $33510
    Required Fees
    $1690
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $1000
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    $6777
    Transportation for Commuters
    $1250
    On-Campus Room and Board
    $15366

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • College/university loans from institutional funds
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 82/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    1865
    Foreign Countries Represented
    25

  • Demographics

    • Asian 1.85%
    • African-American 5.12%
    • Hispanic 5.82%
    • Caucasian 81.27%
    • Male 46%
    • Female 54%
    • Аre out of state 45

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    78%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    No
    Quality of life rating 90/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    93%
    Campus Environment
    Small Urban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    No
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    140
    Number of Honor Societies
    27
    Number of Social Sororities
    4

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division III
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (12)
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Golf
    • Lacrosse
    • Soccer
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball
    • Wrestling
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (11)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Field Hockey
    • Lacrosse
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Health
    LGBT Support Groups
    Minority Support Groups: The Office of Multicultural Affairs offers significant services and supportive student groups: https://www.roanoke.edu/oma The health and counseling services are described here: https://www.roanoke.edu/shcs

  • Sustainability

    Roanoke College conserved 1.4 million gallons of water, nearly 100,000 gallons of gasoline, almost 5,000 gallons of oil, more than 80,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, 700 cubic yards of landfill space, and well over 3,000 mature trees through just one project! This amount of environmental savings through Roanoke’s Lucas Hall project translates to enough gasoline for Americans to drive 700,000 miles, enough energy and space to heat and cool more than 2,300 homes while meeting the municipal waste disposal needs for a community of 5,000 Americans for one year, and even 2.19 million sheets of newspaper! To top it off, the project established Lucas Hall as the first LEED-certified building on campus. The college is also working with an on-campus energy conservation specialist. Aside from green building and energy conservation, Roanoke’s recycling efforts are headlined by its campus initiative RCycles, which provides free use of shared bicycles to the campus community to complement a campus-wide movement to recycle plastics, aluminum, cardboard, and newspaper. Students have a chance to “Party for a purpose” —an event designed to raise environmental awareness, boasting free organic food, art tables with recyclables, and biodegradable products. Roanoke has consistently taken delegations of students to Power Shift, a national youth summit to solve our generation’s energy and climate crises. Roanoke College offers a BS in environmental studies with two possible tracks: environmental science or environment and society. With such huge contributions, you might be surprised to hear that the private Virginian college is made up of only a few thousand students. Yet, what’s expected at Roanoke is to “out-do, out-smart, out-solve,” and its efforts towards sustainability are no exception.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    64%
    Graduate in 5 years
    68%
    Graduate in 6 years
    70%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Percent High Job Meaning
    N/A
    Percent STEM
    N/A
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 0/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Varies by season - call to confirm current hours.
      • 540/375-2270
      Campus Tours
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: Varies
      • Average Length: 1 hour

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      Yes
      Information Sessions
      Available
      Times
      Call 540/375-2270 for current schedule
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