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James A Rhodes State College Overview

James A Rhodes State College is a public institution located in Lima, Ohio. Lima is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is James A Rhodes State College Known For?

415 Undergraduate Awards
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Rhodes State College since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
  • The associate's degree is the highest award offered at Rhodes State College.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 36% of the faculty were full-time.

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James A Rhodes State College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Rhodes State College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#10 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#19 Most Popular Human Resource Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#22 Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#28 Most Popular Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#39 Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#104 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#104 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#109 Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#131 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#224 Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Rhodes State College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Highest Paid Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Graduates College Factual
#17 Best Value Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology College Factual
#26 Best Value Colleges for General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration College Factual
#31 Best Value Colleges for Human Resource Management College Factual
#168 Best Value Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences College Factual
#255 Best Value Colleges for Nursing College Factual

Where Is James A Rhodes State College?

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Contact details for Rhodes State College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4240 Campus Dr, Lima, OH 45804
Phone: 419-995-8320

How Do I Get Into Rhodes State College?

You can apply to Rhodes State College online at: www.rhodesstate.edu/en/Admissions/Apply Now to RSC.aspx

James A Rhodes State College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford James A Rhodes State College?

35% Take Out Loans
10.7% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Rhodes State College, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $4,623 a year. That adds up to $18,492 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Rhodes State College is 10.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

James A Rhodes State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

594 Full-Time Undergraduates
66% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,324 undergraduate students at Rhodes State College, with 594 being full-time and 2,730 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 594 full-time undergraduates at Rhodes State College, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of James A Rhodes State College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 491
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 65

Over 3 countries are represented at Rhodes State College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Ghana, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at James A Rhodes State College

488 Took All Classes Online
1,402 Took At Least One Class Online
10.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,402 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Rhodes State College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 47th most popular in Ohio for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Rhodes State College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at James A Rhodes State College was 10.4%. This is the #1,369 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Rhodes State College regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Rhodes State College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Criminal Justice & Corrections 35%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 35%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Rhodes State College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Rhodes State College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Economics #60
Human Services #78
Social Work #92
Computer Programming #99
Finance & Financial Management #101
Business Support & Assistant Services #223
Public Administration & Social Service #318
Social Sciences #324
Accounting #468

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

James A Rhodes State College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Nursing 0 109 0 109
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 3 36 0 39
Industrial Production Technology 10 21 0 31
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 0 0 30 30
Allied Health Professions 0 28 0 28
Criminal Justice & Corrections 15 11 0 26
General Business/Commerce 0 22 0 22
Human Resource Management 2 15 0 17
Dental Support Services 0 16 0 16
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 13 0 13
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 13 0 13
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 11 0 11
Computer Programming 0 9 0 9
Human Services 0 9 0 9
Finance & Financial Management 8 0 0 8
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 8 0 8
Accounting 0 6 0 6
Business Support & Assistant Services 0 5 0 5
Information Technology 0 5 0 5
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 3 0 3
Marketing 0 2 0 2
Civil Engineering Technology 0 2 0 2
Legal Support Services 0 2 0 2
General Education 0 1 0 1
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Environmental Control Technology 0 0 0 0
Quality Control Technology 0 0 0 0
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Health & Physical Education 0 0 0 0
Culinary Arts 0 0 0 0
Economics 0 0 0 0
Social Work 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 38 347 30 415

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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