College · Private nonprofit · Buffalo, NY · City
D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$64k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size1,258
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $64k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1130 · ACT 24.
If you get in
1,258 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$194k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$82k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$112k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $34.9k
- Room & board
- $13.2k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention73%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr67%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$64k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$67k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out21%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,258
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White50%
- Black17%
- Hispanic8%
- International7%
- Asian7%
- Unknown6%
- Two or more races3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students27%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time20%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans2%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$47k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 26
What you can study.