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 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $28,6701,307th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $28,6701,194th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $33,7191,062nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,250790th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,8571,654th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,6351,602nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 31.0%1,746th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 63.2%1,498th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 86.7%1,117th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5361,655th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 60.9%201st highest of 2,122 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.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Villa Maria College’s 536 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NY
- Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY · 535 undergrads
- Five Towns CollegeDix Hills, NY · 533 undergrads
- Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn, NY · 515 undergrads
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY · 509 undergrads
- Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, NY · 582 undergrads
- Elmira CollegeElmira, NY · 583 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Blue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain, MS · 536 undergrads
- Walsh CollegeTroy, MI · 535 undergrads
- Brescia UniversityOwensboro, KY · 538 undergrads
- Bryan College of Health SciencesLincoln, NE · 534 undergrads
- Bushnell UniversityEugene, OR · 533 undergrads
- Holy Cross CollegeNotre Dame, IN · 533 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitevilla.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 197142)
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- Compare with Manhattan School of MusicSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Villa Maria College vs Manhattan School of MusicHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 2 EADA programs at this school
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