Villa Maria College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Villa Maria College

Villa Maria College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Buffalo, New York (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 603 students of which 595 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Villa Maria College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 86.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,494, with published in-state tuition of $28,670 and a Pell grant recipient share of 64.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 31.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.5%. Graduates earn a median of $38,857 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,635 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 43600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 46.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.