Roanoke College Business Programs

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

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/roanoke
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/RoanokeCollege

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	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Roanoke?

Roanoke has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 75% 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 530 and 630. Math scores were between 510 and 610.

Roanoke received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 27. Math scores were between 20 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Roanoke, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $9,612 a year. That adds up to $38,448 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Roanoke is 3.6%. 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 1,920 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.

Online Learning at Roanoke College

In 2019-2020, 1,890 students took at least one online class at the school.

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 #12 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%.

Roanoke College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	76	76
Actuarial Science	7	7
General Economics	3	3
TOTAL	86	86

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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