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Villanova majors and salaries

Villanova University · Villanova, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · 6,938 undergraduates

29
of 50 bachelor's programs with pay data
$115,382
median earnings 10 years after enrolling
$25,000
median federal debt at graduation
93%
graduate within six years

Finance and Financial Management Services awards the most degrees here (484 over two years), and it also pays above most other programs: $131,996 four years out. Former Villanova students earn well above the national pattern: a median $115,382 ten years after enrolling, 96% more than at the median four-year college. Case Western Reserve, Bucknell University, Spelman College, Fairfield University and Boston College trail Villanova on median earnings ten years after enrollment, while Lehigh is ahead.

Highest-paying bachelor's programs

Finance and Financial Management Services: $131,996Finance and Financial Management S…$131,996Real Estate: $131,911Real Estate$131,911Computer and Information Sciences, General: $130,585Computer and Information Sciences,…$130,585Business/Managerial Economics: $123,614Business/Managerial Economics$123,614Accounting and Related Services: $120,207Accounting and Related Services$120,207Computer Engineering: $119,137Computer Engineering$119,137Management Information Systems and Services: $118,712Management Information Systems and…$118,712Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering: $117,229Electrical, Electronics, and Commu…$117,229Business Administration, Management and Operations: $114,211Business Administration, Managemen…$114,211Mathematics: $109,851Mathematics$109,851Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods: $109,642Management Sciences and Quantitati…$109,642International Business: $103,700International Business$103,700
Median earnings four years after graduation, graduates working and not enrolled.

Every program with earnings data

ProgramGraduates (2 yrs)Median debtPay after 1 yrPay after 4 yrs
Finance and Financial Management Services484$24,930$90,558$131,996
Real Estate75$27,000$86,945$131,911
Computer and Information Sciences, General71$23,000$89,103$130,585
Business/Managerial Economics30––$123,614
Accounting and Related Services200$24,187$83,193$120,207
Computer Engineering82$26,970$87,894$119,137
Management Information Systems and Services6––$118,712
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering60$26,835$90,336$117,229
Business Administration, Management and Operations60$27,000$87,616$114,211
Mathematics73$27,000$67,662$109,851
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods208$27,000$83,686$109,642
International Business47–$88,295$103,700
Chemical Engineering105$27,000$79,208$103,601
Marketing154$24,524$71,987$102,222
Economics211$23,250$78,607$100,288
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing370$24,878$95,659$99,540
Mechanical Engineering147$26,475$78,841$97,556
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics59–$47,689$94,964
Computer Science87$24,250$88,473–
Political Science and Government200$26,000$51,926$83,179
Communication and Media Studies324$21,500$57,318$81,497
Civil Engineering108$26,000$75,602$81,038
Physical Sciences, General82$22,342–$80,302
Biology, General186$27,000$42,708$73,933
Psychology, General193$24,242$44,569$73,684
English Language and Literature, General62$27,000$53,494$67,157
Natural Resources Conservation and Research50$27,000–$67,060
History40––$56,080
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities77$23,250$49,677$53,181

Programs are grouped by four-digit CIP code, so one row can cover several related majors. "Graduates" counts bachelor's degrees awarded across the two years that make up each earnings cohort.

Outcomes

Six-year graduation rate
93% (four-year colleges: 54% median)
First-year students who return
95%
Students per faculty member
10
Median earnings 10 years after enrolling
$115,382 (four-year colleges: $58,912 median)
Median federal debt at graduation
$25,000 (four-year colleges: $21,609 median)

Colleges similar to Villanova

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Villanova in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH		37%6,437$44,622$89,865
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA		29%3,876$50,021$109,954
Lehigh
Bethlehem, PA		26%5,898$25,272$116,342
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA		25%3,414$46,089$65,773
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT		33%5,373$49,906$101,587
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA		16%10,085$38,930$112,178

Program earnings and debt come from the College Scorecard field-of-study file: median pay of graduates who were working and not enrolled, one and four years after finishing, for two pooled graduating classes. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education and do not appear. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Villanova on College Scorecard