Virginia Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

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 NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Norfolk State University Norfolk, VAPublic, 4-year 39.00%
1.88%
$21,412
($9,910)
17.00%87.00%9805,78318 to 1
2
1
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VAPublic, 4-year 48.00%
0.69%
$32,662
($12,262)
20.00%91.00%1,19023,10716 to 1
3
1
ECPI University Virginia Beach, VAPrivate, 4-year 50.00%
8.31%
$18,48433.01%83.00%-11,74012 to 1
4
-
Radford University Radford, VAPublic, 4-year 53.00%
0.91%
$25,185
($12,286)
11.00%91.00%1,0507,71812 to 1
5
-
Regent University Virginia Beach, VAPrivate, 4-year 54.00%
8.00%
$20,68622.00%41.00%1,16010,33721 to 1
6
1
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VAPublic, 4-year 64.00%
3.55%
$38,817
($16,233)
25.00%93.00%1,16028,08216 to 1
7
1
Liberty University Lynchburg, VAPrivate, 4-year 65.00%
2.88%
$15,82218.00%99.00%-96,70918 to 1
8
-
George Mason University Fairfax, VAPublic, 4-year 70.00%
0.13%
$37,979
($13,815)
22.00%89.00%1,24039,04916 to 1
9
-
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VAPublic, 4-year 81.00%
0.75%
$30,790
($13,576)
18.00%76.00%1,24022,22417 to 1
10
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
0.61%
$36,694
($15,478)
27.00%57.00%1,33038,17017 to 1
Average61.00%$27,853
($13,366)
21.30%80.70%1,16928,29216 to 1