Which Roosevelt University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Business Communication graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 17 Roosevelt University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Roosevelt University cost?

Tuition and fees are $21,315 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,194 a year.

How many Roosevelt University programs report graduate pay?

18 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at Roosevelt University report first-year pay, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

Roosevelt University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Chicago, IL
2,849 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Roosevelt University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,231), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($19,028). The median program pays $41,041. Roosevelt University also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$21,315Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,194Per year

Graduation rate35%Within 6 years

Admission rate97%Of applicants

All 18 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 9 graduates a year	$75,231	Not reported	$31,000	11th of 32
2	AccountingAbout 26 graduates a year	$55,350	$75,822	$26,667	13th of 28
3	FinanceAbout 14 graduates a year	$50,158	$75,948	$26,000	18th of 21
4	Management ScienceAbout 37 graduates a year	$48,715	$66,723	$25,000	7th of 13
5	Teacher EducationAbout 50 graduates a year	$47,134	$56,521	$25,000	7th of 38
6	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 3 graduates a year	$42,779	$56,342	Not reported	10th of 12
7	MarketingAbout 20 graduates a year	$42,720	$72,354	$23,869	15th of 22
8	Computer ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$41,976	$63,092	$26,000	23rd of 23
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 35 graduates a year	$41,203	$54,962	$24,625	7th of 22
10	Business AdministrationAbout 4 graduates a year	$40,878	$54,001	$28,600	34th of 38
11	Business CommunicationAbout 9 graduates a year	$40,005	$58,040	$19,500	1st of 1
12	Political ScienceAbout 9 graduates a year	$36,521	Not reported	$24,625	7th of 20
13	Hospitality ManagementAbout 26 graduates a year	$35,871	$43,045	$23,916	2nd of 4
14	PsychologyAbout 59 graduates a year	$33,795	$49,179	$26,000	9th of 35
15	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 1 graduates a year	$31,806	$47,320	$28,474	3rd of 4
16	BiologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$27,462	$63,705	$26,000	26th of 27
17	TheatreAbout 52 graduates a year	$21,001	$15,396	$26,000	7th of 14
18	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 7 graduates a year	$19,028	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

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.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Illinois.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
Business AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$44,510	$51,484	$12,000	3rd of 6

3 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Business Communication$19,500
Marketing$23,869
Hospitality Management$23,916
Criminal Justice$24,625
Political Science$24,625

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 59 graduates a year
TheatreAbout 52 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 50 graduates a year
Management ScienceAbout 37 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 35 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,231 in their first year, the most of 18 Roosevelt 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