Rose-Hulman starts 2024-25 academic year with record enrollment of 2,325

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has started the 2024-25 academic year with a record enrollment of 2,325 students, a 3.6% increase from the previous year, the college announced Friday.

Along with an anticipated 91% retention rate of returning students, the nationally ranked undergraduate STEM college welcomed a fall class of more than 620 new students — a milestone achieved only four times in its 150-year history.

Rose-Hulman’s previous enrollment record was 2,316 for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years.

Rose-Hulman was recently ranked in numerous categories in Princeton Review’s 2025 Best 390 Colleges list, ranking in the top 20 for internships, career services and career placement, science lab facilities, and student support and counseling services.

Rose-Hulman has also been ranked No. 1 in undergraduate engineering education for 25 straight years by U.S. News & World Report.

Applications are now being accepted for Fall 2025 admission at www.rose-hulman.edu/apply. The early deadline for admission is Nov. 1.