Colleges in Virginia
Solyo has full profiles for 12 colleges in Virginia: 9 public, 3 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $23,322 a year after grant aid, $1,757 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 87% of applicants. They sit across 12 cities, concentrated in Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Fairfax.
What Virginia costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Virginia public university is $15,744 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Virginia-Main Campus, where an out-of-state family pays $37,709 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $14,578 at Radford University to $31,309 at University of Richmond. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Virginia.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Virginia schools are
Washington and Lee University admits 14% of applicants and Liberty University admits 99%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Virginia is 1498 at Washington and Lee University.
Every Virginia college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia · Private nonprofit14% acceptance · $23,781 net price · 1498 avg SAT
- University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia · Public17% acceptance · $21,565 net price · 1480 avg SAT
- University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia · Private nonprofit22% acceptance · $31,309 net price · 1497 avg SAT
- College of William and MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia · Public34% acceptance · $19,096 net price · 1473 avg SAT
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia · Public55% acceptance · $24,953 net price · 1364 avg SAT
- James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia · Public72% acceptance · $23,322 net price · 1256 avg SAT
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia · Public87% acceptance · $17,915 net price · 1274 avg SAT
- Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia · Public90% acceptance · $14,578 net price · 1060 avg SAT
- Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia · Public90% acceptance · $19,066 net price · 1120 avg SAT
- Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia · Public90% acceptance · $14,638 net price · 1197 avg SAT
- Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia · Public93% acceptance · $23,433 net price · 1137 avg SAT
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia · Private nonprofit99% acceptance · $29,357 net price
Other South states
On median net price Virginia is the 15th most affordable of the 17 South states in this directory, and the 3rd most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Texas (17)
- Florida (12)
- Georgia (12)
- North Carolina (11)
- Maryland (8)
- Tennessee (8)
- South Carolina (7)
- Alabama (7)
- Kentucky (5)
- Louisiana (3)
- Oklahoma (3)
- District of Columbia (2)
- Mississippi (2)
- Delaware (1)
- West Virginia (1)
- Arkansas (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter Virginia and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 5 HBCUs in Virginia admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
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