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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA · Public · 20,753 students · mostly bachelor degrees
77th-cheapest of 108 Virginia colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$23,433
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$38,954
Graduation rate
63%
Admission rate
93%
Median graduate earnings
$58,128
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1137
Median ACT
25
Pell grant recipients
31%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
221 programsDental Public Health and Education · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$336,392Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree69 grads/yr$206,527Dentistry · First Professional Degree100 grads/yr$197,507Management Science · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$136,353Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree91 grads/yr$135,859Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree96 grads/yr$134,661Child Development · Graduate/Professional Certificate0 grads/yr$119,836Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree122 grads/yr$118,521Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$118,273Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree126 grads/yr$116,932Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree48 grads/yr$114,150Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree36 grads/yr$108,580Business/Commerce, General · Master's Degree122 grads/yr$108,337Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$108,117Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$107,487Medicine · First Professional Degree189 grads/yr$101,335Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$97,781Education, General · Doctoral Degree25 grads/yr$95,708Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree96 grads/yr$88,410Information Science/Studies · Bachelor's Degree167 grads/yr$87,219Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree210 grads/yr$86,661Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree40 grads/yr$86,295Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) Program · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma26 grads/yr$84,799Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$82,962Accounting · Post-baccalaureate Certificate$81,943
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.