Sustaining Excellence in Recruitment

The fall semesters of 2021 and 2022 have marked record enrollment for Rose-Hulman. A total of 643 first-year students arrived in 2021 for orientation, journeying to Terre Haute from 38 states and nearly a dozen countries. In fall 2022, Rose-Hulman welcomed more than 600 first-year students for the second straight year, and only the third time in the institute’s history. The number of Indiana students has been up, along with the counts from California and other prominent markets.

Move-in day for first-year students is an annual tradition. The past two years have featured record enrollment, with more than 600 students joining the Rose-Hulman community in 2021 and 2022.

2021 INCOMING CLASS

643 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

38 STATES

11 COUNTRIES

JULY 11, 2021

Indiana STEM teachers learned ways to incorporate sustainable energy lessons into classes through PRISM program’s boot camp sponsored by Duke Energy Foundation and alumni Becky and Frank Levinson.

JULY 28, 2021

The successful $250 million Mission Driven fundraising campaign increased scholarships, brought new campus learning spaces, and solidified the institute’s position as a national leader in undergraduate STEM education.

The incoming class was not just large, but also highly distinguished. The median high school grade-point average for both classes was 4.06, and many of the students were ranked first, second or third in their high school class and/or earned perfect scores on the SAT or ACT. Nearly 30% of both classes have been racially diverse and nearly 20% have been first-generation attendees and/or Pell Grant recipients.

The excellence demonstrated by these students can be attributed to a number of improvements in the recruiting process. Enrollment management has been re-engineered, data driven as in the past but even more scientific in nature. Marketing and outreach efforts have been refined as well. Playing a key role in this success are Rose-Hulman’s alumni and others within the campus community, who have been actively involved in broadening our recruiting network. Several other factors also helped Rose-Hulman attract a record number of students:

• Enhanced financial aid opportunities, including the $10 million Noblitt Scholars merit and leadership program; the Mussallem Scholars program bringing in more students from northwest Indiana and the Chicago area; and a number of targeted scholarship initiatives connected to the Mission Driven Campaign for Rose-Hulman.

• The new Rose Squared program, or R2 for short, making it possible for students to add a Master of Engineering Management or a Master of Civil Engineering specializing in Structures to their Bachelor of Science major and still finish in four years.

• There was no tuition increase in the fall of 2021.

>>> More details about the Fall 2022 class will be shared in next year’s report, but suffice it to say it was another strong year.

AUGUST 12, 2021

With Lilly Endowment Inc. support, the AskRose Homework Help program adds video math and science tutoring services to help middle school and high school students during the 2021-22 school year.

AUGUST 19, 2021

Rose-Hulman was among five U.S. colleges recognized for achieving sustained excellence in integrating best assessment practices and using assessment results to improve student learning.