Villa Maria College
Buffalo, NY · Private · Small city · VMC · Villa
Private institution in Buffalo, NY · 536 undergraduates · 87% acceptance rate · $38,857 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Pell Grant share
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $13,980592nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $28,6701,317th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $28,6701,204th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $33,7191,064th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,250796th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,8571,662nd highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,6351,612th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 31.0%1,761st highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 63.2%1,506th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 86.7%1,128th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5361,660th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1304th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 60.9%203rd highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 237 mi (DTW)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 14 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $33,993 | $31,581 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media ManagementVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | $22,667 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 2 sports
USCAA · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitevilla.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 197142)
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- Sports directoryAll 2 EADA programs at this school
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