Rochester Christian University
Private College in Rochester Hills, MI. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $48,707.
Students who entered Rochester Christian University land at a median of $48,707 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $24,475, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 98%, Rochester Christian University takes nearly everyone who applies. Only 595 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 22% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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48% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 834 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,611 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,463 versus $25,821), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 94% receive grants worth $15,959 on average. Most students borrow — 69% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 141 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $18,463 |
| $30–48k | $17,173 |
| $48–75k | $19,771 |
| $75–110k | $20,596 |
| $110k+ | $25,821 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 574 of these 834 students, totalling $4,013,649 — an average of $6,992 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Oakland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)