Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations at Rosemont College

The numbers here look impressive at first glance—$85K in first-year earnings with a debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.34 is solid by any measure. But there's a critical catch: only a handful of students have completed this certificate, making it risky to assume your child would see similar results. With fewer than 30 graduates tracked, even one or two high earners can skew the entire dataset upward.

What's particularly striking is that this program ranks in the 95th percentile nationally yet only the 60th percentile within Pennsylvania. That gap suggests either this is a rare program nationally (only 7 schools offer it) or the state comparison is equally limited. The debt level is remarkably low for a post-bac certificate—just $28,508—but again, these figures may not represent a stable pattern given the small cohort size.

For an anxious parent, the question becomes: are you comfortable betting on outcomes derived from such a limited track record? If your child already has entrepreneurial plans and specific business skills they need to formalize, this certificate might work as a targeted credential. But if you're hoping this will launch a business career from scratch, recognize you're making that decision with very little graduate outcome data to support it. The low debt makes it less risky than many alternatives, but the small sample means the earnings promise could easily prove unreliable.