Doctoral · North Chicago, Illinois

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $85,903; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $85,963; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $130,199; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $138k (likely $138k – $138k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $21k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 12 years (likely 8.0–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$388k (likely −$508k – −$284k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$223k (likely −$407k – −$49k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.