SCHOOLS / VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Virginia Commonwealth University

RICHMOND, VAIPEDS 234030CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,010
Median1,140
75th1,260
§ 34% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th22
Median25
75th30
§ SUBMIT RATE NOT REPORTED · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE n/aSAT SUBMIT 34%ACT SUBMIT n/a

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Wait list attrition

100% joined after being offered a spot. 61% of students who joined were admitted.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot28
Accepted a wait-list spot28
Admitted from wait list17
Joined after being offered100%
Admitted after joining61%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Factors this school weighs
First generation: Very ImportantLegacy: Very ImportantGeography: Very ImportantState residency: Very Important
§ Application cost

Application fee not reported. Fee waivers are not reported as available.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Core merit fields reported
No-need grant recipients93020% of first-year full-time students
Avg no-need grant$5,637H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$23,433Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio17EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
19408ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate93%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
20954ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4149ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4190ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate22%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile22ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile25ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile30ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate3%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile520ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile580ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile650ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile490ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile550ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile620ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate34%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded4674DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded438DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded1438DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$3,520COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$13,200COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$4,210COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$35,674COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$42,793DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$65,957DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment18674DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment7254DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment2536DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment28464DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment21210DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate92%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,183SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$8,490SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,916SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate35%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate44%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate35%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityRichmondHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameVirginia Commonwealth UniversityHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category20,000 and aboveHD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: MidsizeHD2024.LOCALE
StateVirginiaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years46%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years60%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years63%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate85%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time63%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate50%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate21%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$58,128
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
63%
6-year completion
Average net price
$23,433
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$21,500
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$37,933$38k
MEDIAN
$58,128$58k
P75
$84,890$85k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$17,512
$30,001 – $48,000
$17,777
$48,001 – $75,000
← MODAL BRACKET$20,925
$75,001 – $110,000
$24,691
$110,001 and up
$32,739
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
46%
6-yr grad
63%
8-yr grad
66%
Retention
85%
Pell grad
59%
Transfer
21%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.