Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 4,359 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 149 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348
- Construction Trades, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,049
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $68,437 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $65,098 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 269 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $75,995 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 58 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (16)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 176 finishedGraduates here earned $33,517 a year afterNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 28 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 502 finishedGraduates here earned $33,141 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation EngineeringCertificate · 26 finishedNationally: $55,804
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $66,568
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,424
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,385per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $11,421sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,324Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 3%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 38%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,8106 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,65610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,187federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 34%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 32%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Rock Valley College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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