Valley City State University

What are the graduation rates for students at Valley City State University?

In the 2024-25 institutional reporting, Valley City State University's four-year graduation rate was 37%, while its six-year rate was 53%. The longer window includes students who completed after the fourth year; neither percentage predicts whether an individual student will graduate.

These standard graduation measures follow defined groups of entering students, rather than every undergraduate, transfer student, or adult learner attending during the year. The reported first-year retention rate was 71%, meaning that a majority of the measured entering group returned for the following year. Transfers should ask for degree plans based on their evaluated credits, since a first-time-student graduation rate may be a poor guide to their own timeline.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Valley City State University?

Federal College Scorecard field-of-study figures report median earnings for certain federally aided completers with earnings measured one year after completing their program. They are early-career observations for the measured group, not salaries promised to future graduates.

Figures available in the October 2026 Scorecard data include $38,217 for teacher education focused on specific levels and methods, $42,447 for teacher education in specific subject areas, and $37,584 for business administration and management. The reported figure for wildlife and wildlands science and management is $31,083. Differences may reflect occupation, location, further study, hours worked, and the characteristics of the graduates measured; they should not be read as a ranking of program quality.

Students can pair these outcomes with the university's career support, which includes reported access to résumé help, interview preparation, career counseling, job-search resources, employer events, and alumni networking. Those services are useful to investigate, but their availability is not an employment outcome.