Roanoke College Overview

Roanoke College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salem, Virginia. Salem is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Roanoke College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Roanoke.
• During a recent academic cycle, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Roanoke makes roughly $58,047 a year. This is 42% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Roanoke student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Roanoke College?

Contact details for Roanoke are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153-3794
Phone:	540-375-2500
Website:	www.roanoke.edu

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How Do I Get Into Roanoke?

You can apply to Roanoke online at: https://www.roanoke.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Roanoke

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Roanoke?

The acceptance rate at Roanoke College is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% of students accepted to Roanoke submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

Roanoke received ACT scores from 10% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 31. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Roanoke College?

The overall average net price of Roanoke is $36,130. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

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 Roanoke, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,696 a year. That adds up to $34,784 over four years for those students.

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Roanoke College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,920 undergraduate students at Roanoke, with 1,883 being full-time and 37 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,883 full-time undergraduates at Roanoke, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Roanoke College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	29
Black or African American	99
Hispanic or Latino	103
White	1,535
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	84

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Roanoke College. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 33 countries are represented at Roanoke. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Canada.

Roanoke College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	72	72
Health & Physical Education	49	49
General Biology	39	39
General Psychology	39	39
Public Health	22	22
Teacher Education Grade Specific	20	20
Physics	20	20
Criminal Justice & Corrections	17	17
Communication & Media Studies	16	16
History	16	16
Mathematics	15	15
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	14	14
Computer Science	14	14
Sociology	14	14
Natural Resources Conservation	13	13
Political Science & Government	12	12
Teacher Education Subject Specific	11	11
General English Literature	11	11
Economics	10	10
Chemistry	9	9
Writing Studies	8	8
Fine & Studio Arts	8	8
Romance Languages	7	7
International Relations & National Security	7	7
Philosophy	3	3
Religious Studies	3	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2	2
Data Science	2	2
Music	2	2
Teaching English or French	1	1
Drama & Theater Arts	1	1
Computer Information Systems	0	0
Information Science	0	0
General Education	0	0
Allied Health Professions	0	0
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0
TOTAL	477	477

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By roanokecollege under License

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