Business/Commerce at Xavier University

Xavier's estimated $30,625 in debt for a business degree exceeds both the state median of $24,072 and the national benchmark of $26,000—a significant gap when you're relying on estimates rather than the school's actual outcomes. With first-year earnings projected around $48,600 based on comparable Ohio programs, you're looking at a debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.63, which means your child would owe roughly eight months of their first-year salary. That's manageable on paper, but remember these figures come from other Ohio business programs, not Xavier's specific track record with its graduates.

The earnings estimate puts Xavier's business program right at the state median, trailing behind schools like DeVry ($57,020) and Franklin University ($51,408) that have actual reported outcomes. Given Xavier's 88% admission rate and the fact that only 14% of students receive Pell grants, you're paying private school prices (reflected in that higher debt load) for outcomes that appear middle-of-the-pack among Ohio business programs. The concerning part isn't necessarily the projected numbers themselves—it's that Xavier doesn't have enough graduates in this program reporting data for the DOE to publish actual results.

Before committing to Xavier's business program at this price point, get concrete answers from the school: graduation rates for business majors specifically, recent employer partnerships, and why their sample sizes are too small for federal reporting. You need Xavier's own data to justify the premium over state schools with documented outcomes.