Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $52,184 ten years after enrolling, more than at 45% of colleges; 50% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.4 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$24.1K
According to Xavier University of Louisiana's most recent Common Data Set, 98% of its Class of 2025 graduates (483 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $18,887 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
51 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 38 more are enrolled at another college. (878 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
41 of 100 finish within 4 years, 50 within 6, and 51 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 41% | 50% | 51% |
| Started in college here | 41% | 50% | 51% |
| Transferred in | 41% | 48% | 48% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 40%, 25 points below students with no need-based federal aid (65%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients484 students
40% · 25 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant147 students
51% · 14 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan230 students
65% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White13 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Asian33 students
64% · 15 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino41 students
54% · 5 points above all students
- Black704 students
48% · 1 point below all students
- Two or more races36 students
47% · 1 point below all students
- International7 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Xavier University of Louisiana. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Xavier University of Louisiana Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Xavier University of Louisiana Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)