Private for-profit · Community college

Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College

Rockford, Illinois · Midsize city

1%
Transfer rate: $21,601
Avg net price: 66%
Grad / completion: $34,104
Median earnings

Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Rockford, Illinois (midsize city setting), enrolling 682 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 682 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Rockford, Illinois

Rockford is a city in Winnebago and Ogle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Rockford traces its roots to 1834, as the combined settlements of Midway were founded on both banks of the Rock River. On the west bank, Germanicus Kent and Thatcher Blake (with his slave Lewis Lemon) founded Kentville; the east bank was settled by Daniel Shaw Haight. Compared to Katowice by writer Leopold Tyrmand, Rockford possesses a wealth of notable architecture. The Lake-Peterson House, constructed by alderman John Lake in 1873 and preserved by Swedish industrialist Pehr August Peterson, is a notable example of Gothic Revival. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Rockford, IL
To Great Lakes shore: 62 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Chicago Rockford (RFD)

How Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College compares

Graduation rate66%

Higher than 56% · #45 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention74%

Higher than 52%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,104

Higher than 46% · #61 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$21,601

Cheaper than 27% · #98 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$14,302

Lower than 16%

Student–faculty ratio26 : 1

Lower than 9%

Undergraduate enrollment682

Larger than 68%

Percentiles compare Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Illinois.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women58085%
Men10215%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White33%
Black30%
Hispanic31%
Asian1.9%
Other or multiracial4.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 682
Student–faculty ratio: 26 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 75%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 56%
Median family income: $17,328
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $50,247

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,699
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $630
Total cost of attendance: $28,452
Average net price: $21,601

Outcomes

Graduated: 66%
First-year retention: 74%
Transferred to another college: 1%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,575
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,104
Median debt at graduation: $14,302
Students with federal loans: 87%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 20%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

66%

Low-income (Pell)

44%

First-generation

45%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$20,472

$30–48k

$21,613

$48–75k

$22,651

$75–110k

$22,424

$110k+

$25,487

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $34,104
Typical debt at graduation: $14,302
Debt vs. one year's pay: 42%
Out-earn a HS grad: 34%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$33,245

Men

$39,870

Men out-earn women by $6,625 (20%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 14°F
Annual rain: 37.2″
Annual snow: 37.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rockford Gtr Rockford AP, IL US station (5.5 mi from campus).

What Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

70 grads$29k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$15k debt

70$29,130$29,522$15,333 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

34 grads$31k 1 yr— 5 yr$13k debt

34$30,807—$13,000 Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical SciencesAssoc.

27 grads$31k 1 yr— 5 yr$21k debt

27$30,855—$21,335 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

23 grads$43k 1 yr— 5 yr$31k debt

23$42,769—$30,902 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

21 grads$33k 1 yr— 5 yr$14k debt

21$33,403—$13,730 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

16 grads$29k 1 yr— 5 yr$14k debt

16$28,732—$13,583 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCert.

14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

14———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

13 grads— 1 yr$22k 5 yr— debt

13—$22,446—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

13 grads$28k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$30k debt

13$27,646$33,215$30,203 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

13 grads$39k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$32k debt

13$39,339$48,262$31,527 Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

12 grads$29k 1 yr— 5 yr$17k debt

12$28,501—$16,563

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.