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Rockford University was awarded 4 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other education.
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Rockford landed the #1,702 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Rockford is ranked at #74.
If you're applying to Rockford University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 67%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 36% of students accepted to Rockford submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 570. Math scores were between 440 and 550.
At Rockford, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Rockford University is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Rockford University is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Rockford is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,019 undergraduates at Rockford with 948 being full-time and 71 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,593 | $20,076 | $25,168 | $27,010 | $27,611 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Rockford, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Rockford, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,023 a year. That adds up to $28,092 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Rockford is 7.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
See which majors at Rockford University make the most money.
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Contact details for Rockford are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5050 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108-2311 |
| Phone: | 815-226-4186 |
| Website: | www.rockford.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/RockfordUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/RockfordUniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 72 | $58,920 |
| Business Administration & Management | 37 | $42,730 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 23 | $34,021 |
| Computer Science | 20 | NA |
| General Psychology | 14 | NA |
| Accounting | 11 | NA |
| General Biology | 7 | NA |
| Other Education | 6 | NA |
| General English Literature | 5 | NA |
| Criminology | 4 | NA |
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Footnotes
*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.
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