Roosevelt University
Private College in Chicago, IL. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $48,712.
Ten years after entry, the median Roosevelt University student earns $48,712 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $22,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.2% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
Roosevelt University admits 97% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 7,427 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 9% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 23% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 465–600 | 143 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 430–575 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–26 | 27 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 39% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,583 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,366 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $18,018 while those at $110k+ pay $27,157. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $18,866 on average. About 54% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 594 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 | $18,018 |
| $30–48k | $18,280 |
| $48–75k | $20,266 |
| $75–110k | $24,944 |
| $110k+ | $27,157 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,400 of these 2,583 students, totalling $9,965,975 — an average of $7,119 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)