Entrance Requirements for First-Year Students

First-Year Admission Criteria:

• 2.65 GPA on a 4.0 scale
• 19 ACT (no sub-scores below a 17) or 990 SAT (2016 version and beyond)
• Top 50% of your class

Prospective students who want to pursue a Rockford University degree are expected to have completed a college-preparatory program of 15 units at an accredited secondary school. Home-schooled students also should meet the unit requirements listed below.

A proper high school foundation for success in college will generally include the following:

• Four years of English
• Three years of mathematics (introductory through advanced algebra, geometry and trigonometry)
• Three years of social sciences (emphasizing history and government)
• Three years of laboratory science
• Two years of electives chosen from music, art and/or foreign language

Prospective students intending to major in scientific disciplines should take additional high school courses in science and mathematics. Prospective students interested in humanities and social studies areas should have additional course work in literature, foreign languages and history. First-year students who intend to pursue a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree should take both biology and chemistry at the high school level.