Rockford Promise Scholars continue to excel at Rock Valley College.

There were 47 students at RVC in the first semester receiving Rockford Promise scholarships and they had a cumulative GPA of 3.11. Thirty-one of the students had a GPA of 3.0 or higher and nine had perfect 4.0s.

The Rockford Promise-Rock Valley College partnership has been strong from the start. Since Rockford Promise reorganized in 2016-2017 to give full tuition scholarships, 134 Scholars have enrolled at RVC. Fifty-five have earned two-year degrees and seven have earned two-year professional certificates.

The cumulative GPA at RVC for those 134 students is 3.2. The average GPA for college students across the country is believed to be about 2.8.