What is Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology?
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is a primarily undergraduate coeducational college offering majors in engineering, science, and mathematics. Admissions standards are high with most entering students ranking in the upper 10% of their high school classes. There are approximately 1800 undergraduate students and 165 faculty. Rose-Hulman was founded in 1874. After being known for many years as Rose Polytechnic Institute, its name was changed in 1971 to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. For more than 135 years Rose-Hulman has been providing industry with exceptionally well-educated and highly qualified scientists and engineers. The mission of Rose-Hulman is to be the best college of engineering, science, and mathematics in the world. For the past 12 years U.S. News and World Report has ranked Rose-Hulman as the best engineering college in the country that does not offer a Ph.D. An endowment of $180,000,000 provides significant help in funding the $90,000,000 annual budget.