Rochester College

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#10745 / #2850
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
#1086
Most Desirable School
Liberal arts college located in Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Rochester College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2850
Acceptance rate (fall 2024)
98%
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$30,510
Graduation rate
42%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
792

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Rochester College Featured Rankings

About Rochester College

Rochester College's Online Degrees

BS in Early Childhood Studies
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Christian Ministry
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BA in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Management
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Strategic Leadership
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
BS in Mass Communication–Marketing Communication
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online

Rochester College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Annual ApplicationsAcceptanceRetention RateGraduation Rate
49098%60%42%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Rochester College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$30,510
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$14,677
30K - 48K$17,803
48K - 75K$14,647
75K - 110K$17,242
110K+$23,628

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Rochester College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Rochester College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $50,729 a year, and 90% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Rochester College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-GradsGraduates
1,2951,26431

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Rochester College?

Rochester College is located at 800 West Avon Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48307.

How Safe is Rochester College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Rochester College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Rochester College has a violent crime rate of 0.08% and a property crime rate of 0.08%. Rochester Hills has a violent crime rate of 0.09% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 0.53%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Rochester College Known For?

Rochester College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Rochester College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Rochester College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Computer Science
#4712
World Rank
#4718
Historical Rank
#1080
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #1080 in the U.S. and #4712 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Religious Studies
#5468
World Rank
#5486
Historical Rank
#1175
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #1175 in the U.S. and #5468 worldwide for influence in Religious Studies.

religious-studies-hub Degrees
Literature
#4955
World Rank
#4987
Historical Rank
#1611
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #1611 in the U.S. and #4955 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees
Communications
#6053
World Rank
#6070
Historical Rank
#1631
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #1631 in the U.S. and #6053 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Psychology
#4545
World Rank
#4557
Historical Rank
#1723
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #1723 in the U.S. and #4545 worldwide for influence in Psychology.

psychology Degrees
Nursing
#5237
World Rank
#5237
Historical Rank
#2076
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #2076 in the U.S. and #5237 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Biology
#9022
World Rank
#9039
Historical Rank
#2247
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #2247 in the U.S. and #9022 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Medical
#10105
World Rank
#10107
Historical Rank
#2822
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #2822 in the U.S. and #10105 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Education
#11889
World Rank
#11894
Historical Rank
#3193
USA Rank

Rochester College ranks #3193 in the U.S. and #11889 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees