Students and Faculty
Rhodes enrolls 1820 undergraduate students from 48 states, the District of Columbia, and 12 foreign countries. About 74% are Caucasian, 7% are African American, 5% are Asian, 3% are Hispanic, 1% are multi-racial, 4% are international, and the ethnicity of about 5% is unknown. Fifty-seven percent of students are female. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1. Some of the approximately 30 majors include Economics and Business Administration, Biology, Political Science, English, and International Studies.
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