+16%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Villanova University rose 16% between 2006 and 2009 ($33.6k → $38.8k).
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Villanova
Villanova, Pennsylvania. 7,005 undergraduate students. 157 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Villanova
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Villanova University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.3% → 0.0%).
+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Villanova University rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($59.0k → $67.8k).
+70%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Villanova University are 70% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($100.4k vs $59.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$100,423+18% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$84,905
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry92.4%+2% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$25,000+56% · '97→'20
At program completion7,005+2% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS95.0%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time25.1%-46% · '01→'24
latest cohort$64,701+213% · '00→'24
out-of-state $64,701SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.3%Median federal debt $25,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $100,423 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+213%
Villanova · in-state tuition rose
$21,660 → $67,776
+79%
Villanova · out-of-state tuition rose
$21,660 → $38,820
+56%
Villanova · median debt rose
$16,624 → $25,874
-80%
Villanova · cohort default rate fell
1.6% → 0.0%
+47%
Villanova · pell share rose
8.2% → 12.0%
+33%
Villanova · earnings_median_10yr rose
$75,600 → $100,423
+46%
Villanova · earnings_median_8yr rose
$64,700 → $94,574
+55%
Villanova · earnings_median_6yr rose
$54,800 → $84,905
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$184,811Taxation.$159,674Business Administration, Management and Operations.$156,016Business/Managerial Economics.$149,830Finance and Financial Management Services.$133,548Real Estate.$124,789Management Information Systems and Services.$121,458Human Resources Management and Services.$120,016Computer Engineering.$115,714Accounting and Related Services.$114,801Mechanical Engineering.$113,966Law.$113,412Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$109,527Computer and Information Sciences, General.$105,266International Business.$103,705Chemical Engineering.$100,946Economics.$100,245Marketing.$99,683Mathematics.$95,240Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$93,510Accounting and Related Services.$92,288Business Administration, Management and Operations.$91,997Civil Engineering.$87,148Political Science and Government.$85,999
Showing top 24 of 35 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
35 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$156,016Finance and Financial Management Services.$133,548Human Resources Management and Services.$120,016Accounting and Related Services.$114,801Marketing.$99,683Taxation.$159,674Accounting and Related Services.$92,288Real Estate.$124,789International Business.$103,705Business/Managerial Economics.$149,830Business Administration, Management and Operations.$91,997Management Information Systems and Services.$121,458
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Villanova
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,827,289
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $25,786
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Villanova graduates earn $X” — not “Villanova makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Villanova caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.