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?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Roanoke is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Roanoke.
• For the <nil> academic year, 84% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Roanoke bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $55,411 a year. That's about 36% more than their peers at other schools.
• 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

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	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

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 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 35% 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 630. Math scores were between 530 and 600.

Roanoke received ACT scores from 10% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 20 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

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 69% of students took out student loans averaging $8,460 a year. That adds up to $33,840 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Roanoke is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Roanoke College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,863 undergraduate students at Roanoke, with 1,817 being full-time and 46 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,817 full-time undergraduates at Roanoke, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	94
Hispanic or Latino	107
White	1,470
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	73

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.

Online Learning at Roanoke College

Online Growth Rankings of Roanoke

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Roanoke College was 6,950.0%. This is the #17 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Roanoke regardless of major.

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%.

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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