Rhodes College is a private institution that was started in 1848. It has a undergraduate enrollment of 1,973, its environment is urban, and the campus size is 123 acres. It uses a semester-based academic year. Its tuition/fees are $50,910
learners at Rhodes College are in an ideal location for experiential learning and extracurricular fun. situated in Memphis, Tennessee, the Rhodes campus is close to a multitude of internship opportunities at powerhouse institutions, including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and multiple Fortune 500 companies. For fun, learners can venture into downtown Memphis to experience the city’s famed music scene, dining, professional sporting events and museums. Freshmen and sophomores must live on campus, which puts them close to annual school events like the weekend-long music festival called Rites of Spring. Greek life is a huge outlet at Rhodes, as nearly half of all learners are involved in the school’s 15 or so fraternities and sororities. There are more than 100 other student organizations to check out, too. About 25% of learners play on the varsity Lynx sports teams, which mainly participate in the NCAA Division III Southern Athletic Association. More learners – about 65% – will spend at least one semester off campus, studying in a foreign country or at American University through Rhodes’ Washington (D.C.) Semester program. For learners on campus, finals weeks are a little less painful with the help of an evening feast of unlimited blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes, served by deans and professors to hungry learners in need of a study break.

For learners interested in community and civic service, Rhodes College is brimming with options. Rhodes CARES, short for the Center for Academic Research and Education through Service, gives learners hands-on learning opportunities around Memphis. Center programs include the Rhodes/UT Neuroscience Research Fellowship, a yearlong project at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, and the Summer Service Fellowship program, which assigns learners to nine-week projects. Year round, learners can give back to the community through the Kinney Program, which matches a student’s interests to one of more than 100 service programs around Memphis. The student body is about 60% female. Famous alumni of Rhodes College include John H. Bryan, former CEO of sweet treat manufacturer Sara Lee Corp.; North Carolina state Rep. Chuck McGrady, former president of the Sierra Club; Abe Fortas, former U.S. Supreme Court justice; and Charlaine Harris Schulz, author of “The Southern Vampire Mysteries,” the series HBO’s “True Blood” is based on.