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Villa Maria College

240 Pine Ridge Rd, Buffalo, NY 14225

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Villa Maria College is a private, two-year, coeducational, Catholic institution founded by the Felician Sisters in the Franciscan spirit. Through career-directed programs integrated with liberal arts education and field experience, the College educates students for employment and transfer to other educational institutions.

Villa Maria College fosters in its students: Christian values' intellectual inquiry and critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, information literacy, technological skills, respect for diversity, and commitment to serving others.

Villa Maria College has everything you're looking for in a private college serving both traditional and non-traditional students. Based in the Catholic and Franciscan tradition, Villa Maria College provides a holistic approach to higher education, addressing each student's intellectual, vocational, and spiritual needs.

Villa offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation, Fashion Design and Merchandising, Interior Design and now Graphic Design! Villa also features a Bachelor of Arts program in Music and a Bachelor of Science program in Music Industry.

Villa offers associate degrees in Business Management, Early Childhood Education, Education Studies, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Jazz, Liberal Arts, Music, Music Business, Photography, and Physical Therapist Assistant.

Villa Maria College is Western New York's premier private two-year college for both traditional and non-traditional students. Based in the Catholic and Franciscan tradition, Villa Maria College provides a holistic approach to higher education, addressing each student's intellectual, vocational, and spiritual needs.

At Villa, men and women feel right at home with small classes and personalized attention. Our caring, dedicated teachers do more than just teach, they become mentors. You'll have every opportunity to succeed as a student and grow as an individual.

Our suburban campus, located just outside Buffalo, New York, in the community of Cheektowaga, is safe and easy to find. There's plenty of parking, and the four main buildings are interconnected, so there's no long hikes outdoors between buildings... unless of course you want to enjoy the beautiful, tree-lined grounds. Nestled between Lakes Erie and Ontario, Buffalo, is home to rich and varied cultural entertainment and an abundance of high-spirited activities -- that can be enjoyed any time of year.

Rich in a tradition of providing quality education at an affordable price, Villa Maria College continues to grow by introducing innovative programs designed to meet the demands of a changing society. It is this progressive approach to higher education at all levels that sets Villa, its students, faculty, and alumni apart from everyone else.

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Villa Maria College

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Villa Maria College is a private college located in Cheektowaga, New York, USA. It was founded in 1961 and continues to be conducted by the Felician Sisters of Buffalo.

The college had been a two year post-secondary institution. Villa Marie offers associate degrees in Business Management, Early Childhood Education, Education Studies, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Jazz, Liberal Arts, Music, Music Business, Photography, and Physical Therapist Assistant. In addition, the college has been developing some four year programs in selected areas, now offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Animation, Fashion Design and Merchandising, and Interior Design. The college anticipates additional four year programs in the future.

Villa Maria College is a private, coeducational, Catholic institution founded by the Felician Sisters in the Franciscan spirit. The College fosters Christian values, intellectual inquiry, respect for diversity, and commitment to serving others. Through career-directed associate and baccalaureate programs integrated with liberal arts, the College educates students for employment and transfer to other educational institutions.

Villa Maria College is a private two-year college for both traditional and non-traditional students. Based in the Catholic and Franciscan tradition, Villa Maria College provides a holistic approach to higher education, addressing each student's intellectual, vocational, and spiritual needs.

Located just outside Buffalo, New York, in the suburban community of Cheektowaga, rich in a tradition of providing quality education at an affordable price, Villa Maria College continues to grow by introducing innovative programs designed to meet the demands of a changing society. It is this progressive approach to higher education at all levels that sets Villa, its students, faculty, and alumni apart from everyone else.

Villa Maria High School, formerly associated with the college, announced that it would cease operations after June 2006 due to low enrollment.

  • Note: Villa Maria is also the name of a former college that used to exist in Erie, Pennsylvania, before it was merged into the neighboring Gannon University.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Private
Affiliation:
Roman Catholic
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
87%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 11,060
Students Receiving Aid:
89%
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Degree Programs at Villa Maria College

Associate's Level Programs

  • Arts & Humanities

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    • General Studies See more schools with programs in General Studies
      • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
        A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.
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    • Visual and Performing Arts See more schools with programs in Visual and Performing Arts
      • Visual and Performing Arts
        A general, undifferentiated program that focuses on the visual and performing arts and that may prepare individuals in any of the visual artistic media or performing disciplines.
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    • Visual Arts See more schools with programs in Visual Arts
      • Fine/Studio Arts
        A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia, photography, digital images); theory of art; color theory; composition and perspective; anatomy; the techniques and procedures for maintaining equipment and managing a studio; and art portfolio marketing.
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  • Business

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      • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
        Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science programs are two year programs for individuals seeking a career as administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. These programs include instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures, public relations, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, and report preparation.
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    • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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    • Hospitality & Restaurants See more schools with programs in Hospitality & Restaurants

  • Communication & Media

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    • Commercial & Advertising Art
      A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes instruction in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.
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    • Graphics & Multimedia See more schools with programs in Graphics & Multimedia
      • Photographic and Film/ Video Technology/Technician and Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the operation and maintenance of camera and lighting equipment and the production of finished still, video, and film products under the supervision of photographers, directors, and editors. Includes instruction in equipment setup and maintenance; lighting; power supplies; studio and film set tasks such as camera operator, grip, and best boy; plate and negative handling and development; laboratory procedures; and digital software applications.
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  • Education

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      • Teacher Assistant/Aide
        A program that prepares individuals to assist a teacher in regular classroom settings or in providing instruction and supervision to special student populations, such as bilingual/bicultural students, special education students, adult learners, and students learning English. Includes instruction in techniques of general classroom supervision, maintaining order, assisting with lessons and carrying out related assignments.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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    • Medical Assistant Professions See more schools with programs in Medical Assistant Professions
      • Physical Therapist Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to implement physical therapy treatment care plans, train patients, conduct treatment interventions, use equipment, and observe and record patient progress. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, applied kinesiology, principles and procedures of physical therapy, basic neurology and orthopedics, physical therapy modalities, documentation skills, psychosocial aspects of health care, wound and injury care, electrotherapy, working with orthotics and prostheses, and personal and professional ethics.
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  • Technology

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      • Computer Programming/Programmer
        A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and programming to software installation and maintenance. Includes instruction in software design, low- and high-level languages and program writing; program customization and linking; prototype testing; troubleshooting; and related aspects of operating systems and networks.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 87%
Part-Time 13%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 65%
African-American 30%
Other 4%
Hispanic 1%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 100%
Out-of-State 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 11,060    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 10,650    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 400    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 2,412 69%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 3,435 78%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 847 27%  
Student Loans:
 $ 4,704 70%  
Any Aid:
   89%  

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Villa Maria College
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