
A conventional four- or six-year undergraduate graduation rate would be a poor measure of outcomes at a graduate-focused professional institution such as VUIM. Those federal measures generally follow cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduates, rather than students progressing through master's or doctoral clinical programs.
More useful questions concern completion of the specific credential under consideration: how many entering students finish, how long completion typically takes, and how clinical placements affect scheduling. Applicants interested in practice should also ask for program-specific licensure-examination and graduate-outcome information, with the reporting period and population clearly identified.
There is no institution-specific earnings figure here that can responsibly be presented as a typical salary for VUIM graduates. A salary claim would need to identify the program, graduating population, measurement date, and whether it reports a median or an average.
Earnings in acupuncture-related work can differ with state licensure, location, hours worked, and whether someone is an employee or runs a practice. Applicants weighing the financial return on a program should consider those factors alongside borrowing, clinical-training time, and the cost of establishing or joining a practice. None of those considerations predicts an individual graduate's income.
MASTER’S Degree
Health Professions and Related Programs
DOCTOR’S Degree
Health Professions and Related Programs
Data last updated on November 2, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.