10-yr median earnings
$72,081
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Troy, Michigan
Walsh College
Walsh College is a private nonprofit institution in Troy, Michigan. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $72,081
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Walsh College posts top-10% former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 7%
- former-student earnings, US
- +12%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Small
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Walsh College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B+
College Value Score
77/100
Walsh College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A+
$72,081
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt D
$16,217
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment A-
77.8%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Walsh College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Walsh College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Walsh College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$72,081 Top 7% higher than 93% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Walsh College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $72,081 | #336 of 5103 | 93rd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 445 | #2959 of 5462 | 46th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
445
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$72,081
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Walsh College ranks in Michigan
State rank among 145 reporting Michigan colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Walsh College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $72,081 | #5 of 145 | 97th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 445 | #76 of 149 | 49th |
Highest former-student earnings in Michigan
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kettering University | $94,823 | $34,660 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Michigan | $92,405 | $28,045 |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | $83,648 | $13,138 |
| 4 | Michigan Technological University | $78,198 | $14,182 |
| 5 | Walsh CollegeThis school | $72,081 | - |
| 6 | University of Detroit Mercy | $71,030 | $15,232 |
| 7 | Lawrence Technological University | $69,151 | $32,918 |
| 8 | Michigan State University | $67,253 | $19,680 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo College | $65,590 | $19,072 |
| 10 | Thomas M Cooley Law School | $63,450 | - |
| 11 | Northwood University | $63,075 | $27,232 |
| 12 | Universal Technical Institute-Canton | $62,575 | $22,985 |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
54.6%
Female
48.2%
First Generation
Outcomes
$64,114
Median Earnings (6yr)
83.5%
Earning Over $25K
77.8%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $64,114 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $72,081 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 83.5% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 77.8% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $16,217 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $172/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master's | 7 | 342 | $101,110 | $118,221 | $33,735 |
| Bachelor's | 6 | 215 | $74,232 | $91,273 | $15,659 |
Top programs at Walsh College by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Taxation
Taxation
$118,221 median earnings
- Business Administration, M…
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$114,835 median earnings
- Computer and Information S…
Computer and Information Sciences, General
$106,055 median earnings
- Finance and Financial Mana…
Finance and Financial Management Services
$102,515 median earnings
- Management Sciences and Qu…
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
$96,026 median earnings
- Computer and Information S…
Computer and Information Sciences, General
$91,273 median earnings
- Marketing
Marketing
$86,082 median earnings
- Accounting and Related Ser…
Accounting and Related Services
$84,033 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxation | Master's | 13 | $118,221 | - |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's | 225 | $114,835 | $39,394 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Master's | 22 | $106,055 | $33,080 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Master's | 22 | $102,515 | $30,500 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Master's | - | $96,026 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's | 40 | $91,273 | $14,566 |
| Marketing | Master's | 12 | $86,082 | - |
| Accounting and Related Services | Master's | 48 | $84,033 | $31,965 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's | 59 | $78,902 | $19,092 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's | 35 | $76,597 | $13,284 |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's | 48 | $70,449 | $16,854 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's | 2 | $70,099 | - |
| Marketing | Bachelor's | 31 | $58,073 | $14,500 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Walsh College? ▼
Walsh College is a private nonprofit institution in Troy, Michigan. Undergraduate enrollment is 445 students.
How much do Walsh College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Walsh College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $72,081 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $64,114.
Is Walsh College worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Walsh College is $16,217, while former students earn a median of $72,081 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 22% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 77.8% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $172.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Walsh College
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