Which Rockford University major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $24,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Rockford University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Rockford University cost?

Tuition and fees are $37,780 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,436 a year.

How many Rockford University programs report graduate pay?

4 bachelor's programs at Rockford University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Rockford University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Rockford, IL
972 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Rockford University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,940), and Subject-Area Teacher Education the least ($31,892). The median program pays $45,091.

Tuition and fees$37,780Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$22,436Per year

Graduation rate47%Within 6 years

Admission rate93%Of applicants

All 4 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	NursingAbout 51 graduates a year	$70,940	$75,490	$30,500	23rd of 32
2	Business AdministrationAbout 26 graduates a year	$51,314	$69,400	$24,000	9th of 38
3	Teacher EducationAbout 21 graduates a year	$38,867	$44,321	$27,000	35th of 38
4	Subject-Area Teacher EducationGraduates a year not reported	$31,892	$45,315	$30,875	21st of 21

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,940 in their first year, the most of 4 Rockford University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels