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Villa Maria College

#74 in Best Colleges for Design in America
  • 4 Year
  • Buffalo, NY
  • 139 reviews
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    C+
    Overall Niche Grade
    How are grades calculated?
    1. Academics
      C+
    2. Value
      B-
    3. Diversity
      B
    4. Campus
      B-
    5. Athletics
      D+
    6. Party Scene
      B-
    7. Professors
      B-
    8. Location
      B
    9. Dorms
      NG
    10. Campus Food
      B+
    11. Student Life
      B
    12. Safety
      B+
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    Villa Maria is a private, Catholic college located in Cheektowaga, New York in the Buffalo Area. It is a small institution with an enrollment of 490 undergraduate students. The Villa Maria acceptance rate is 81%. Popular majors include Physical Therapy Technician, Animation, Video Graphics and Special Effects, and Graphic Design. Graduating 42% of students, Villa Maria alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $24,000.
    About Villa Maria College...
    Athletic Division
    USCAA
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    Address
    240 Pine Ridge Rd
    Buffalo, NY 14225
    Website
    villa.edu
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    Villa Maria College Rankings

    Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews.

    Admissions

    Acceptance Rate
    81%
    Application Deadline
    Rolling Admissions
    SAT Range
    —
    ACT Range
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    Application Fee
    $0
    SAT/ACT
    Neither required nor recommended
    High School GPA
    Required
    Early Decision/Early Action
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    Cost

    Net Price
    $11,307/ year
    National
    $15,523
    Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
    Average Total Aid Awarded
    $14,607/ year
    National
    $7,535
    Students Receiving Financial Aid
    99%

    Academics

    Professors
    B-
    Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
    Student Faculty Ratio
    9:1
    Evening Degree Programs
    No
    93%
    of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.14 responses
    88%
    of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.16 responses
    56%
    of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.16 responses

    Majors

    Most Popular Majors
    • Physical Therapy Technician
      25 Graduates
    • Animation, Video Graphics and Special Effects
      15 Graduates
    • Graphic Design
      11 Graduates
    • Occupational Therapist Assistant
      7 Graduates
    • Interior Design
      6 Graduates
    • Music Management
      6 Graduates
    • Liberal Arts and Humanities
      5 Graduates
    • Psychology
      5 Graduates
    • Photography
      4 Graduates
    • Arts
      2 Graduates

    Students

    Full-Time Enrollment
    490Undergrads
    Part-Time Undergrads
    106
    Undergrads Over 25
    14%
    Pell Grant
    74%
    Varsity Athletes
    11%
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    After College

    Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
    $28,000/ year
    National
    $33,028
    Graduation Rate
    42%
    National
    49%
    Employed 2 Years After Graduation
    89%
    National
    83%

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    Villa Maria College Reviews

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    Attending Villa Maria College has been such an incredible experience. Classes are incredibly hands-on, and the professors provide us with stories of their real-world experiences in the field to give us just another taste of what we will be expecting once we graduate.
    The faculty and staff go above and beyond to help students with anything and everything needed, whether it's clarification on assignments, tutoring, working with personal issues, etc. If there is something you need, there is someone around that can help.
    Another amazing quality of the school are the small class sizes. Students aren't just a number in a classroom, and there are plenty of opportunities for one-on-one interaction with the professor.
    We're all a family at the college. Throughout my years here I have made a large yet very close-knit group of amazing friends, and it just keeps growing!
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    It's a nice, small school where the teachers are always available to help if you need it. There are a lot of opportunities and clubs, my only real complaint is no on campus housing. They have a lot of deals with Collegiate Village (a local dorm community) and I was able to get a $1,500 scholarship just for dorming at CV (and the facilities are excellent! Internet, cable, heat, everything but electric is included in the rent, as well as a gym, pool, ganeroom, and Cafe are there). I love the teachers, I love the small school feel, my only real complaint is that some students don't realize what kind of opportunity they have starting college at 18, but that's not in the school. Overall, would recommend to art students especially! I'm going for psych with the goal of being an art therapist.
    I like the small classroom sizes, but sometimes it's too small. Some of my classes only had one other student and I enrolled and that was it. It is nice for one on one time with the professors, but if you don't like the professor or they don't particularly like you, you're out of luck. You can't really choose another class with a different professor or a different time slot because only one option is available for all of the mandatory courses. The faculty is welcoming and helpful, but once you get further into your major after freshman year, it is difficult to switch to anything else if you happened to change your mind.