Virginia Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Norfolk State University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 39% last year.

Old Dominion University with 48% and ECPI University with 50% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Virginia Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,853 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,872 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 80.70% and the average SAT score is 1,169 at the schools.

Table. Virginia Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Norfolk State University Norfolk, VAPublic, 4-year	39.00% 1.88%	$21,412 ($9,910)	17.00%	87.00%	980	5,783	18 to 1
2 1	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VAPublic, 4-year	48.00% 0.69%	$32,662 ($12,262)	20.00%	91.00%	1,190	23,107	16 to 1
3 1	ECPI University Virginia Beach, VAPrivate, 4-year	50.00% 8.31%	$18,484	33.01%	83.00%	-	11,740	12 to 1
4 -	Radford University Radford, VAPublic, 4-year	53.00% 0.91%	$25,185 ($12,286)	11.00%	91.00%	1,050	7,718	12 to 1
5 -	Regent University Virginia Beach, VAPrivate, 4-year	54.00% 8.00%	$20,686	22.00%	41.00%	1,160	10,337	21 to 1
6 1	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VAPublic, 4-year	64.00% 3.55%	$38,817 ($16,233)	25.00%	93.00%	1,160	28,082	16 to 1
7 1	Liberty University Lynchburg, VAPrivate, 4-year	65.00% 2.88%	$15,822	18.00%	99.00%	-	96,709	18 to 1
8 -	George Mason University Fairfax, VAPublic, 4-year	70.00% 0.13%	$37,979 ($13,815)	22.00%	89.00%	1,240	39,049	16 to 1
9 -	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VAPublic, 4-year	81.00% 0.75%	$30,790 ($13,576)	18.00%	76.00%	1,240	22,224	17 to 1
10 -	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, 4-year	86.00% 0.61%	$36,694 ($15,478)	27.00%	57.00%	1,330	38,170	17 to 1
	Average	61.00%	$27,853 ($13,366)	21.30%	80.70%	1,169	28,292	16 to 1

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