University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · Public four-year · Suburb: Midsize
17,612undergraduates
17%admitted
Test-optionalSAT/ACT
$17,831average net price per year
95%graduate in 6 years
97%return for year two
Admissions
- Applicants
- 56,528
- Admitted
- 9,533
- Admit rate
- 17%
- Admit rate, women
- 18%
- Admit rate, men
- 16%
- Admitted students who enroll
- 42%
- First-year students
- 3,966
- SAT/ACT
- Test-optional
- Students who sent SAT scores
- 50%
- SAT reading and writing (middle 50%)
- 700-750
- SAT math (middle 50%)
- 710-780
- Students who sent ACT scores
- 16%
- ACT composite (middle 50%)
- 32-34
| High school GPA | Considered, not required |
|---|---|
| High school record | Required |
| College-prep coursework | Considered, not required |
| SAT or ACT scores | Considered, not required |
| Recommendations | Required |
| Essay or personal statement | Required |
| Class rank | Considered, not required |
| Demonstrated competencies | Not considered |
| English proficiency test | Considered, not required |
| Work experience | Considered, not required |
| Legacy status | Not considered |
Majors
62 undergraduate programs that awarded a degree or certificate last year, grouped by field. Numbers are how many were awarded.
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities (1)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Bachelor's (705 awarded)
Social sciences (5)
- Anthropology, General Bachelor's (32 awarded)
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Bachelor's (260 awarded)
- International Relations and Affairs Bachelor's (107 awarded)
- Political Science and Government, General Bachelor's (94 awarded)
- Sociology, General Bachelor's (56 awarded)
Engineering (10)
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General Bachelor's (49 awarded)
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's (105 awarded)
- Chemical Engineering Bachelor's (33 awarded)
- Civil Engineering, General Bachelor's (40 awarded)
- Computer Engineering, General Bachelor's (46 awarded)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bachelor's (26 awarded)
- Engineering, General Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Materials Engineering Bachelor's (5 awarded)
- Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's (69 awarded)
- Systems Engineering Bachelor's (61 awarded)
Business, management, marketing, and related support services (2)
- Accounting Certificate (1-2 years) (6 awarded)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other Bachelor's (389 awarded)
Computer and information sciences and support services (4)
- Cloud Computing Certificate (1-2 years) (9 awarded)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General Bachelor's (337 awarded)
- Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Certificate (1-2 years) (6 awarded)
- Information Technology Certificate (under 1 year) (1 awarded)
Biological and biomedical sciences (1)
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General Bachelor's (262 awarded)
Homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services (2)
- Criminal Justice/Police Science Certificate (1-2 years) (13 awarded)
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Certificate (1-2 years) (226 awarded)
Psychology (2)
- Behavioral Neuroscience Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Psychology, General Bachelor's (175 awarded)
Health professions and related programs (3)
- Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Bachelor's (19 awarded)
- Health/Health Care Administration/Management Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Bachelor's (153 awarded)
Physical sciences (3)
- Astronomy Bachelor's (18 awarded)
- Chemistry, General Bachelor's (128 awarded)
- Physics, General Bachelor's (24 awarded)
Mathematics and statistics (2)
- Mathematics, General Bachelor's (35 awarded)
- Statistics, General Bachelor's (108 awarded)
Architecture and related services (3)
- Architectural History and Criticism, General Bachelor's (8 awarded)
- Architecture Bachelor's (89 awarded)
- City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning Bachelor's (19 awarded)
Communication, journalism, and related programs (1)
- Mass Communication/Media Studies Bachelor's (116 awarded)
History (1)
- History, General Bachelor's (116 awarded)
English language and literature/letters (1)
- English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's (100 awarded)
Public administration and social service professions (1)
- Public Policy Analysis, General Bachelor's (98 awarded)
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology (1)
- Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor's (86 awarded)
Natural resources and conservation (1)
- Environmental Science Bachelor's (69 awarded)
Multi/interdisciplinary studies (1)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's (64 awarded)
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics (6)
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Bachelor's (7 awarded)
- French Language and Literature Bachelor's (15 awarded)
- German Language and Literature Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Italian Language and Literature Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Spanish Language and Literature Bachelor's (32 awarded)
Visual and performing arts (3)
- Art/Art Studies, General Bachelor's (23 awarded)
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Music, General Bachelor's (20 awarded)
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences (1)
- Child Development Bachelor's (43 awarded)
Education (3)
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Elementary Education and Teaching Bachelor's (24 awarded)
- Special Education and Teaching, General Bachelor's (6 awarded)
Philosophy and religious studies (2)
- Philosophy Bachelor's (19 awarded)
- Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's (13 awarded)
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies (2)
- African-American/Black Studies Bachelor's (12 awarded)
- Area Studies, Other Bachelor's (2 awarded)
Graduate programs (99)
- Accounting Post-bachelor's certificate
- Business Administration and Management, General Master's
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- International Business/Trade/Commerce Master's
- Management Science Master's
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other Master's
- Organizational Leadership Post-bachelor's certificate
- Project Management Post-bachelor's certificate
- Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Post-bachelor's certificate
- Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration Master's
- Criminal Justice/Police Science Post-bachelor's certificate
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's
- Curriculum and Instruction Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate (research)
- Education, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Educational/Instructional Technology Post-bachelor's certificate
- Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Special Education and Teaching, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Post-bachelor's certificate
- Athletic Training/Trainer Master's
- Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's
- Critical Care Nursing Post-bachelor's certificate
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other Master's
- Health/Health Care Administration/Management Post-master's certificate
- Medicine Doctorate (professional)
- Nursing Practice Doctorate (research)
- Nursing Science Doctorate (research)
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Post-bachelor's certificate
- Public Health, General Master's
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's
- Law Doctorate (professional)
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Chemical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Civil Engineering, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Computer Engineering, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Engineering, Other Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Materials Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Systems Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Biological and Physical Sciences Master's
- Data Science, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Sustainability Studies Master's
- Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Master's
- Architectural History and Criticism, General Master's
- Architecture and Related Services, Other Post-bachelor's certificate
- City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Environmental Design/Architecture Doctorate (research)
- Real Estate Development Post-bachelor's certificate
- Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Post-bachelor's certificate
- Information Technology Project Management Master's
- Public Administration Post-bachelor's certificate
- Public Policy Analysis, General Master's
- Financial Mathematics Master's
- Mathematics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Statistics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Astronomy Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Chemistry, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Physics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Applied Behavior Analysis Post-bachelor's certificate
- Clinical Psychology Doctorate (research)
- Educational Psychology Master's
- Psychology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Environmental Science Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Environmental Studies Master's
- Biochemistry Doctorate (research)
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Biophysics Doctorate (research)
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology Doctorate (research)
- Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Doctorate (research)
- Neuroscience Doctorate (research)
- Pathology/Experimental Pathology Doctorate (research)
- Pharmacology Doctorate (research)
- Physiology, General Doctorate (research)
- Creative Writing Master's
- English Language and Literature, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Anthropology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Master's, Doctorate (research)
- International Relations and Affairs Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Political Science and Government, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Sociology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- History, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- French Language and Literature Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Linguistics Master's
- Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Doctorate (research)
- Spanish Language and Literature Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Philosophy Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Religion/Religious Studies Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Exercise Science and Kinesiology Master's
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Music, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Communication and Media Studies, Other Master's
- Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia Post-bachelor's certificate
- African Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
- Area Studies, Other Master's
- East Asian Studies Master's
Cost and aid
- Tuition and fees, in-state
- $20,986
- Tuition and fees, out-of-state
- $58,014
- Housing and food on campus
- $13,940
- Books and supplies
- $1,480
- Other on-campus costs
- $3,520
- Total cost on campus, in-state
- $39,926
- Total cost on campus, out-of-state
- $76,954
- Total cost living at home
- $25,466
Published prices for 2023-24.
| Family income | Per year |
|---|---|
| $0-30,000 | $10,123 |
| $30,001-48,000 | $8,842 |
| $48,001-75,000 | $14,658 |
| $75,001-110,000 | $24,023 |
| Over $110,000 | $34,777 |
Net price is the full cost minus grants and scholarships, for full-time first-year students who got aid in 2022-23 and paid in-state tuition.
- First-year students who got any aid
- 44%
- Got grants or scholarships
- 28%
- Average grant or scholarship
- $29,675
- Got a grant from the college
- 26%
- Average grant from the college
- $26,986
- Undergraduates with a Pell grant
- 14%
- First-year students who borrowed
- 18%
- Average amount borrowed
- $10,002
Graduation
- Bachelor's in 4 years
- 92%
- Bachelor's in 5 years
- 95%
- Bachelor's in 6 years
- 95%
- Bachelor's in 8 years
- 94%
- Any degree in 6 years (all students)
- 95%
- Transferred to another college
- 3%
- Came back for year two
- 97%
| Pell grant students | 93% |
|---|---|
| Subsidized loan, no Pell | 96% |
| Neither | 95% |
| Group | Students | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 2,121 | 97% |
| Men | 1,666 | 93% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 100% (small group) |
| Asian | 563 | 96% |
| Black | 266 | 91% |
| Hispanic | 237 | 97% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 100% (small group) |
| White | 2,146 | 96% |
| Two or more races | 171 | 94% |
| Race unknown | 238 | 95% |
| International | 160 | 93% |
| Started | Students | Earned a degree or certificate here | Enrolled at another college |
|---|---|---|---|
| Started here, full-time | 3,678 | 94% | 4% |
| Started here, part-time | 29 | 72% | 0% |
| Transferred in, full-time | 613 | 91% | 5% |
| Transferred in, part-time | 107 | 75% | 8% |
Graduation rates follow students who started full-time for the first time in fall 2017. Groups under 20 students are marked because a few students change the rate a lot.
Students
- Total students
- 25,924
- Undergraduates
- 17,612
- Full-time undergraduates
- 16,829
- Part-time undergraduates
- 783
- Graduate students
- 8,312
- Students per faculty member
- 15 to 1
- First-year students from in state
- 65%
- From out of state
- 29%
- From other countries
- 5%
- Undergraduates age 25 and up
- 3%
- Undergraduates taking all classes online
- 3%
- Undergraduates registered with disability services
- 12%
| Women | 57% |
|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
| Asian | 19% |
| Black | 8% |
| Hispanic | 7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0% |
| White | 50% |
| Two or more races | 6% |
| Race unknown | 5% |
| International | 5% |
Campus life
- Setting
- Suburb: Midsize
- Address
- 1827 University Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, 22903-2628
- County
- Albemarle County
- Type
- Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity
- Highest degree
- Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Athletics
- NCAA
- Teams include
- football, basketball, baseball, cross country and track
- Offers
- Army ROTC, Navy ROTC, Air Force ROTC, Study abroad, Teacher certification, Online programs, Credit for AP exams, On-campus child care, Yellow Ribbon (veterans)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS (2022-23 to 2024-25 surveys), and the College Scorecard.