University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
School Background
2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,417
Graduate Enrollment: 5,471
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded:
Graduate
Religious Affiliation:
None
Campus Details
Medium City (100k-250k)
Four-year, large, primarily nonresidential
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full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
Applicant and Admittance Traits
2022 Admission Rate: 40.55%
Male/Female: 45% / 55% (2017)
First generation college students: 18.7% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 1.8% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.5% (2012)
Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 75.0% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 69.6% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 65.7% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 60.3% (2017)
Ethnicity Information
White: 42.4%
Black: 4.9%
Hispanic: 7.4%
Asian: 13.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 3.7%
Non-resident alien: 25.1%
Unknown race: 2.5%
Black: 4.9%
Hispanic: 7.4%
Asian: 13.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 3.7%
Non-resident alien: 25.1%
Unknown race: 2.5%
Costs & Fees
2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $77,995
In-State tuition: $59,378Out-of-State tuition: $59,378
Estimated books and supplies: $1,310 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $17,388 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $1,380 (2022)
Estimated off-campus room & board: $9,845 (2005)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $1,200 (2005)
Average Family Income: $93,187 (2017)
Median Family Income: $62,874 (2017)
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 16.7%Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 42.6%
Median federal loan debt at graduation: $21,000 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $223 (2021)
| Household Income | Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-$30k | $16,050 |
| $30k-48k | $19,108 |
| $48k-75k | $24,062 |
| $75k-110k | $29,766 |
| $110k+ | $46,660 |
Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements
4-year graduation rate: 76%6-year graduation rate: 86%
1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 95.1% (2020)
Loans
Median federal debt for graduates: $21,000 (2021)Median federal debt for non-graduates: $8,500 (2021)
Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $19,000 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $21,000 (2021)
Ability to Repay Loans
| Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment (Non-delinquent/default) |
Percentage |
|---|---|
| @1 Year | 80.4% (2015) |
| @3 year | 83.7% (2017) |
| @5 year | 86.0% (2017) |
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 69.3% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 71.7% (2015)
Earnings Power
Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $60,800 (2020)Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $75,454 (2020)
Popular Majors
| Type of Degree | Major | 2022 Graduates | Median Federal Debt | Median Monthly Payment | 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) | 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's Degree | Applied Mathematics. | 20 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | American Sign Language. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 10 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Genetics. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 23 | $19,625 | $208 | $28,568 ($2,381) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Area Studies. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 19 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Science. | 133 | $19,000 | $201 | $93,179 ($7,765) | $136,559 ($11,380) |
| Master's Degree | Computer Science. | 42 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Computer Science. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Education, General. | 14 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Curriculum and Instruction. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Curriculum and Instruction. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 27 | $442 | $53,663 ($4,472) | $56,691 ($4,724) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 15 | $79,591 ($6,633) | $99,094 ($8,258) | ||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Educational Administration and Supervision. | 24 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 11 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research. | 4 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Special Education and Teaching. | 3 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Special Education and Teaching. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 5 | $53,319 ($4,443) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 7 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 30 | $473 | $51,730 ($4,311) | $62,128 ($5,177) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 2 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | 25 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Engineering, General. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 62 | $20,500 | $217 | $59,144 ($4,929) | $86,302 ($7,192) |
| Master's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 30 | $233 | $78,833 ($6,569) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 55 | $23,000 | $244 | $71,330 ($5,944) | $85,039 ($7,087) |
| Master's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 19 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 76 | $18,750 | $193 | $75,888 ($6,324) | $103,652 ($8,638) |
| Master's Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 39 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Engineering Science. | 11 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 76 | $21,000 | $223 | $68,341 ($5,695) | $77,297 ($6,441) |
| Master's Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 14 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mechanical Engineering. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Engineering Technology, General. | 16 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Engineering Technology, General. | 33 | $59,948 ($4,996) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 16 | $27,603 ($2,300) | |||
| Master's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 16 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 29 | $21,000 | $223 | $36,908 ($3,076) | |
| Master's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 18 | $34,691 ($2,891) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biology, General. | 191 | $21,000 | $213 | $31,024 ($2,585) | $53,650 ($4,471) |
| Master's Degree | Biology, General. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biology, General. | 11 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 13 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Genetics. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 6 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Pharmacology and Toxicology. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Pharmacology and Toxicology. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Biotechnology. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 3 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics. | 45 | $22,500 | $233 | $52,704 ($4,392) | |
| Master's Degree | Mathematics. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mathematics. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Statistics. | 20 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Statistics. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Statistics. | 11 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics and Statistics, Other. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computational Science. | 26 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Computational Science. | 22 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Philosophy. | 18 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Philosophy. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Philosophy. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemistry. | 23 | $20,000 | $212 | ||
| Master's Degree | Chemistry. | 20 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemistry. | 13 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physics. | 26 | $19,000 | $201 | $72,856 ($6,071) | |
| Master's Degree | Physics. | 50 | $96,392 ($8,033) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Physics. | 21 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Materials Sciences. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Materials Sciences. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Psychology, General. | 90 | $21,500 | $225 | $30,954 ($2,580) | $52,937 ($4,411) |
| Master's Degree | Psychology, General. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 58 | $21,000 | $223 | $38,549 ($3,212) | $68,347 ($5,696) |
| Master's Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Research and Experimental Psychology. | 15 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Anthropology. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Economics. | 132 | $19,946 | $211 | $71,072 ($5,923) | $86,785 ($7,232) |
| Master's Degree | Economics. | 18 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Economics. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | International Relations and National Security Studies. | 20 | $21,750 | $231 | $33,664 ($2,805) | $68,086 ($5,674) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 54 | $21,000 | $223 | $47,339 ($3,945) | $71,957 ($5,996) |
| Master's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Political Science and Government. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Social Sciences, Other. | 39 | $21,366 | $227 | $43,421 ($3,618) | $61,172 ($5,098) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Dance. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 11 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 14 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Music. | 114 | $26,769 | $282 | $11,771 ($981) | $27,441 ($2,287) |
| Master's Degree | Music. | 92 | $505 | $37,888 ($3,157) | ||
| Doctoral Degree | Music. | 53 | $853 | $43,272 ($3,606) | $53,154 ($4,430) | |
| Master's Degree | Visual and Performing Arts, Other. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Visual and Performing Arts, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences. | 5 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences. | 55 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 7 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 3 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 12 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Medicine. | 98 | $1,935 | $62,082 ($5,174) | ||
| Master's Degree | Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 25 | $972 | $46,731 ($3,894) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Health. | 21 | $19,000 | $201 | ||
| Master's Degree | Public Health. | 15 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Bioethics/Medical Ethics. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Bioethics/Medical Ethics. | 6 | $84,199 ($7,017) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 216 | $31,000 | $159 | $68,208 ($5,684) | $83,708 ($6,976) |
| Master's Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 63 | $387 | $99,073 ($8,256) | $100,869 ($8,406) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 1 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 2 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 14 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 215 | $457 | $100,014 ($8,335) | $114,900 ($9,575) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 124 | $22,250 | $229 | $55,786 ($4,649) | |
| Master's Degree | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 394 | $532 | $93,772 ($7,814) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | History. | 24 | $22,421 | $233 | ||
| Master's Degree | History. | 5 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | History. | 1 |
Campus Resources
Average faculty salary: $116,721Full time faculty: 94%
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 10.0
School's endowment start of year: $2,329,949,000 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $3,194,900,000 (2022)