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f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.

This is not true. Villanova's peers among Catholic schools are Georgetown and Notre Dame. Providence? seriously?

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Anonymous wrote:According to the U.S. Government College Scorecard, Villanova Grads make nearly $14K more post graduation and a higher percentage of graduates make more than high school graduates. UVA has lower debt post graduation, but Villanova has a slightly higher percentage of graduates paying down debt. UVA has slightly higher graduation rates and standardized test scores.

Isn’t that more about where grass work? I would expect Villanova grads to be in Phili or NYC, where there’s a high cost of living and higher salaries.

It could be. I am not aware of a study that adjusts for cost of living. But keep in mind that DC, where a number of UVA graduates end up, has a higher cost of living than Philadelphia. What I have seen indicates that the mix of majors at a school plays a huge factor in graduate earnings, at least in early career. Engineering graduates from good schools make something on the order of 1.6X what liberal arts graduates make. And males also make more than females (unfortunately), so schools with higher male to female ratios also get a boost from that.

There was a study by a research center at Georgetown that adjusts for the mix of majors. It has Villanova ranked quite high. https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/college-rankings/#interactive

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Anonymous wrote:

f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.

This is not true. Villanova's peers among Catholic schools are Georgetown and Notre Dame. Providence? seriously?

The schools that Villanova itself lists as peer institutions (all schools list them to provide comaparitve benchmarks) are below. It seems that they disagree with you.

Boston C
Bucknell U
C of New Jersey
C of the Holy Cross
Catholic U of America
Creighton U
DePaul U
Drexel U
Fairfield U
Fordham U
Georgetown U
John Carroll U
Lafayette C
Lehigh U
Loyola U Chicago
Loyola U Maryland
Marquette U
New York U
Providence C
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst
Saint Louis U
Santa Clara U
Southern Methodist U
Stetson U
Stevens Inst of Tech
U of Dayton
U of Delaware
U of Notre Dame
U of Richmond
Valparaiso U
Wake Forest U

That data is from 1992.

Sorry 2012.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.

This is not true. Villanova's peers among Catholic schools are Georgetown and Notre Dame. Providence? seriously?

The schools that Villanova itself lists as peer institutions (all schools list them to provide comaparitve benchmarks) are below. It seems that they disagree with you.

Boston C
Bucknell U
C of New Jersey
C of the Holy Cross
Catholic U of America
Creighton U
DePaul U
Drexel U
Fairfield U
Fordham U
Georgetown U
John Carroll U
Lafayette C
Lehigh U
Loyola U Chicago
Loyola U Maryland
Marquette U
New York U
Providence C
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst
Saint Louis U
Santa Clara U
Southern Methodist U
Stetson U
Stevens Inst of Tech
U of Dayton
U of Delaware
U of Notre Dame
U of Richmond
Valparaiso U
Wake Forest U

That data is from 1992.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.

This is not true. Villanova's peers among Catholic schools are Georgetown and Notre Dame. Providence? seriously?

The schools that Villanova itself lists as peer institutions (all schools list them to provide comaparitve benchmarks) are below. It seems that they disagree with you.

Boston C
Bucknell U
C of New Jersey
C of the Holy Cross
Catholic U of America
Creighton U
DePaul U
Drexel U
Fairfield U
Fordham U
Georgetown U
John Carroll U
Lafayette C
Lehigh U
Loyola U Chicago
Loyola U Maryland
Marquette U
New York U
Providence C
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst
Saint Louis U
Santa Clara U
Southern Methodist U
Stetson U
Stevens Inst of Tech
U of Dayton
U of Delaware
U of Notre Dame
U of Richmond
Valparaiso U
Wake Forest U

Anonymous wrote:Is this a serious question? I'm not a UVA booster, but everyone knows it is a ton better than Villa "nowhere" as it is called. Villa "nowhere" is for Catholics who don't get into any better Catholic University and/or people from Philly/NJ who want to stay close to home.

Anonymous wrote:

f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.

This is not true. Villanova's peers among Catholic schools are Georgetown and Notre Dame. Providence? seriously?

Anonymous wrote:

f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.

This is not true. Villanova's peers among Catholic schools are Georgetown and Notre Dame. Providence? seriously?

f you look at the lists of “peer institutions” for each, they are very different. Villanova tends to overlap with other Catholic schools (BC, Holy Cross, Providence, Loyola) and schools in PA.