Villanova University Computer Engineering (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering
- Private nonprofit university
- Villanova, PA
- About 35 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Villanova University computer engineering graduates earn more than graduates of most computer engineering programs nationally, $94,228 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,500. It is one of the higher-paying computer engineering degrees in Pennsylvania.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all computer engineering bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Villanova University graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the Pennsylvania median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania computer engineering program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 23% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $276 a month, or 3.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Philadelphia area are about 3% above the national average, so a $94,228 salary here buys what about $91,881 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to computer engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Software Developers
$126,550Median pay in Pennsylvania. 55,920 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 95,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$164,690Median pay in Pennsylvania. 9,640 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
$93,030Median pay in Pennsylvania. 4,530 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer Network Architects
$131,840Median pay in Pennsylvania. 6,080 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 9,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
About Villanova University
Computer Engineering ranks 1st of 28 bachelor's programs at Villanova University by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($94,228), Electrical Engineering ($90,302), and Nursing ($86,241).
Other computer engineering bachelor's programs near Villanova
Common questions
The median graduate earns $94,228 one year after graduating and $115,714 five years after. The median across computer engineering bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania is $85,446.
The median federal loan balance is $26,000, which ranks 2nd lowest of 6 computer engineering bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania. That works out to about $276 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 28% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 31%.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the computer engineering program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024