University of Virginia — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach National

Location Charlottesville, VA

Population 220,000

Website https://www.virginia.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)

Sunshine Hours 2,615 (51%)

Days Without Precipitation 255 (63%)

Honors College

Name Echols Scholars Program

Students 800 (5%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 17,614

Men / Women 45% / 55%

From State 66%

From Region 4%

Athletes 5.5%

Racial/Ethnic

White 48%

Asian 20%

Hispanic 8%

Black 7%

Mixed 6%

International 5%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Arts and Sciences	2,728	45% / 55%	5%	$94,995	89	94%
Computer Science	591 +65	66% / 34%	6%	$157,470	100	96%
Astronomy	19 +2	53% / 47%	5%	$81,417	78	—
Chemistry	117 +5	37% / 63%	1%	$68,486	53	97%
Mathematics	53 +40	55% / 45%	15%	$131,015	99	87%
Physics	34 +8	59% / 41%	6%	$84,030	81	—
Statistics	117 +55	46% / 54%	15%	$106,588	95	95%
Biology	255 +31	27% / 73%	3%	$67,480	50	92%
Environmental Science	63 +10	32% / 68%	2%	$58,512	24	96%
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	19 —	0% / 100%	5%	$58,999	25	97%
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	91 —	30% / 70%	1%	$78,053	73	100%
Economics	343 +150	66% / 34%	7%	$94,683	89	95%
Health Administration	7 —	29% / 71%	0%	$97,074	91	—
African-American Studies	9 +7	22% / 78%	0%	$58,076	23	93%
Anthropology	27 +9	11% / 89%	4%	$54,733	15	86%
Area Studies	2 +4	0% / 100%	0%	$57,322	21	93%
Behavioral Neuroscience	26 —	19% / 81%	0%	$66,882	49	—
Child Development	33 —	12% / 88%	6%	$69,682	56	100%
Classical Languages	6 +1	67% / 33%	17%	$63,760	39	—
English	93 +30	20% / 80%	0%	$64,932	43	91%
French	9 +13	11% / 89%	11%	$63,990	40	88%
German	3 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$64,066	40	—
History	90 +18	56% / 44%	7%	$67,481	50	90%
Interdisciplinary Studies	75 —	41% / 59%	0%	$72,996	64	90%
International Affairs	124 +38	40% / 60%	5%	$86,269	83	96%
Italian	— +1	—	—	$63,990	40	88%
Mass Communication/Media Studies	106 +25	20% / 80%	3%	$78,620	74	98%
Philosophy	19 +14	58% / 42%	0%	$63,144	38	100%
Political Science	86 +19	50% / 50%	1%	$83,796	80	90%
Psychology	156 +52	24% / 76%	2%	$67,353	50	95%
Religion/Religious Studies	7 +10	29% / 71%	0%	$61,698	33	96%
Slavic Languages	5 +3	60% / 40%	0%	$63,733	39	—
Sociology	49 +24	45% / 55%	0%	$67,420	50	89%
Spanish	37 +26	30% / 70%	5%	$63,990	40	88%
Art/Art Studies	35 +21	11% / 89%	6%	$45,566	4	90%
Music	16 +12	62% / 38%	0%	$51,361	10	—
Theater	6 +3	67% / 33%	17%	$50,741	9	—

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy		120	35% / 65%	2%	$109,477	96	95%
Public Policy		120 —	35% / 65%	2%	$109,477	96	95%

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
McIntire School of Commerce		398	51% / 49%	5%	$133,388	99	100%
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods		398 —	51% / 49%	5%	$133,388	99	100%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Architecture	91	41% / 59%	5%	$72,485	62	98%
Architectural History and Criticism	4 +2	75% / 25%	0%	$73,800	65	—
Architecture	69 —	36% / 64%	6%	$72,040	61	98%
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	18 —	50% / 50%	6%	$73,900	65	98%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Education and Human Development	560	25% / 75%	3%	$68,584	53	95%
Early Childhood Education	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$56,622	19	95%
Elementary Education	22 —	18% / 82%	5%	$56,622	19	95%
General Education	530 +154	25% / 75%	3%	$69,217	55	—
Special Education	6 —	17% / 83%	0%	$60,567	30	95%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Engineering and Applied Science	516	62% / 38%	3%	$105,641	95	95%
Aerospace Engineering	68 +7	85% / 15%	4%	$92,350	88	96%
Biomedical Engineering	109 —	46% / 54%	3%	$93,542	88	97%
Chemical Engineering	29 —	45% / 55%	0%	$114,488	98	88%
Civil Engineering	42 —	57% / 43%	0%	$94,358	89	95%
Computer Engineering	55 +5	76% / 24%	5%	$137,626	99	95%
Electrical Engineering	36 +14	81% / 19%	6%	$112,911	97	95%
General Engineering	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$85,646	82	83%
Materials Engineering	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	$98,159	91	—
Mechanical Engineering	90 +6	72% / 28%	2%	$90,154	86	90%
Systems Engineering	79 —	43% / 57%	3%	$129,664	99	100%

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
School of Nursing		151	11% / 89%	3%	$81,567	78	87%
Nursing		151 —	11% / 89%	3%	$81,567	78	87%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $25,106

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $66,941

Est. In-State Cost $32,477

Est. Out-of-State Cost $86,595

ROI Percentile 90th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%

4-Year Graduation Rate 92%

6-Year Graduation Rate 96%

Transfer-Out Rate 2%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences	23.7%	1,082	34% / 66%	3%	$76,150	70	93%
Business & Economics	16.4%	748	58% / 42%	6%	$115,300	98	98%
Computer Science	12.9%	591	66% / 34%	6%	$157,470	100	96%
Education	12.3%	560	25% / 75%	3%	$68,585	53	95%
Engineering	11.3%	516	62% / 38%	3%	$105,641	95	95%
Physical Sciences & Math	7.4%	340	46% / 54%	9%	$93,622	89	94%
Health Sciences	5.7%	261	16% / 84%	2%	$78,699	74	92%
Life & Natural Sciences	5.6%	255	27% / 73%	3%	$67,480	50	92%
Arts	3.2%	148	37% / 63%	5%	$62,954	37	96%
Agriculture & Food Science	1.4%	63	32% / 68%	2%	$58,512	24	96%

Research R1

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Health Sciences	$303M	#37	40%	$25.4M	15	#112	23	93
Life & Natural Sciences	$182M	#28	54%	$2.7M	46	#58	389	132
Engineering	$122M	#38	61%	$4.8M	114	#28	628	45
Education	$56.8M	#4	64%	$0.0M	39	#92	—	—
Physical Sciences & Math	$45.5M	#74	71%	$0.2M	62	#45	358	58
Humanities & Social Sciences	$34.0M	#63	29%	$0	95	#45	202	41
Computer Science	$20.8M	#52	59%	$1.1M	22	#44	195	12
Business & Economics	$8.7M	#73	3%	$0	12	#110	88	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$0	#318	—	$0	8	#60	44	10
Total	$774M	#41	50%	$34.2M	413	#53	1,927	391

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 13%

Yield (Unbound) 31%

Early Decision 1 Nov 1

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	12%	12%	12%
Early Decision	28%	28%	28%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 63%

SAT Range 1400 – 1530

SAT Math Range 710 – 780

SAT RW Range 700 – 740

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.