Return is a standout part of the picture at Villanova University: Azimuth places its return pillar in the 98th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $15,956 more than the model expects for similar students.
Azimuth places earnings beyond expectations in the 92nd percentile nationally. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $11,490.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $4,466. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn median earnings of $104,228, in the 97th percentile.
That is $35,978 above the peer median of $68,250, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size). Above-expected earnings and a median well above comparable institutions point in the same direction.
Villanova University has a high earnings median among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. Four years after completion, median earnings are $104,228, based on an earnings cohort of 2,385 completers.
Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $15,956 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings scenarios range from $72,214 in the downside case to $127,636 in the upside case, both four years after completion. An estimated 29.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.
The high earnings median and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.
Villanova University shows a high return profile: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $104,228 four years after completion, in the 97th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, leaving the university above it by $35,978.
Graduates earn about $15,956 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 92nd percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $11,490. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $4,466.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $3,315. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $72,214 in the downside scenario to $127,636 in the upside scenario.
Azimuth ranks the return pillar #27 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Finance is the largest program, with 231 degrees awarded, median earnings of $131,996 four years after completion, and an Azimuth national rank of #9 in its field.
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics has a median that is 1.73x the national median for its field. The large-program pattern combines substantial degree counts with earnings levels that vary by field.
The earnings range is broad: earnings scenarios put the downside at $72,214 and the upside at $127,636 four years after completion. These scenarios describe possible outcomes from the program mix, rather than observed groups.
At Villanova University, higher-than-expected earnings coexist with borrowing and aid-recipient costs above those at comparable institutions. Graduates earn about $15,956 more than the model expects for similar students.
For federal-loan borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $25,874, compared with $24,199 at comparable institutions (same type and size); it is above that peer median. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $294 a month if repaid over ten years.
Parent borrowers have median Parent PLUS debt of $40,000. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $43,756, above the $27,371 peer median by $16,385.
The comparison is mixed: above-peer costs sit alongside higher-than-expected earnings.