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Rockford University Overview

Located in Rockford, Illinois, Rockford University is a private not-for-profit institution. Rockford is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Rockford University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$33,088 Avg Cost After Aid
67% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Rockford since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
  • Students at Rockford have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The highest award offered at Rockford is the master's degree.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 38% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Rockford makes roughly $52,541 a year. This is 29% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Rockford University?

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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

How Do I Get Into Rockford?

You can apply to Rockford online at: www.rockford.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Rockford

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Considered but not required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Rockford?

67% Acceptance Rate
47% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 67%, Rockford does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Rockford University  ( 440 to 570 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Rockford University  ( 440 to 550 )
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800
Rockford received ACT scores from 10% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

ACT English Scores for Rockford University  ( 17 to 25 )
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ACT Math Scores for Rockford University  ( 17 to 24 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Rockford University  ( 18 to 23 )
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36

Can I Afford Rockford University?

$33,088 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
1.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Rockford is $33,088. 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

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 1.8%. 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.

Rockford University Undergraduate Student Diversity

899 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 987 undergraduate students at Rockford, with 899 being full-time and 88 being part-time.

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There are also 244 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 899 full-time undergraduates at Rockford, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Rockford University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 16
Black or African American 119
Hispanic or Latino 178
White 412
International Students 82
Other Races/Ethnicities 92

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Rockford University. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 26 countries are represented at Rockford. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Mexico.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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