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Compare with Virginia Public Colleges

Compare with Virginia Public Colleges for University of Virginia Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	$5,855 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$7,583 lower in-state tuition	70% higher acceptance rate	Compare
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	$7,553 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$4,111 higher in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	$9,053 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	$4,858 lower in-state tuition	76% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA	$4,975 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	$757 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$7,163 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Virginia Private Colleges

Compare with Virginia Private Colleges for University of Virginia Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$43,427 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$46,242 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA	$5,713 lower in-state tuition	75% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia Beach, VA	$15,697 higher in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA	$22,117 higher in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Patrick Henry College Purcellville, Virginia	$6,622 higher in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for University of Virginia Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Clemson University Clemson, SC	$6,249 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$1,159 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$12,809 lower in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio State University Main Campus Columbus, OH	$8,559 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$9,994 lower in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, TN	$7,991 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$13,004 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of South Carolina Columbia Columbia, SC	$9,115 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$4,993 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$10,872 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$11,236 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$123 higher in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$3,874 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$10,867 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Cincinnati Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$7,827 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$14,421 lower in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$21,803 lower in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$8,547 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$1,829 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$14,463 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$14,339 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	$14,142 lower in-state tuition	72% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$21,803 lower in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$12,850 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC	$14,302 lower in-state tuition	75% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC	$12,326 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$12,972 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for University of Virginia Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$40,993 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Duke University Durham, NC	$46,955 higher in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$40,885 higher in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$43,427 higher in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$46,883 higher in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$45,973 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$47,511 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$46,214 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$44,443 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$50,042 higher in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$43,112 higher in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$45,907 higher in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$40,609 higher in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$46,009 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Davidson College Davidson, NC	$42,607 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$43,177 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$48,085 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$36,968 higher in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	$45,839 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$43,595 higher in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Dayton Dayton, OH	$27,337 higher in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$43,691 higher in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$35,857 higher in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$31,367 higher in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$44,805 higher in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$45,563 higher in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$31,597 higher in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$48,885 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$41,002 higher in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$40,042 higher in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The New School New York, NY	$36,891 higher in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$31,737 higher in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Denison University Granville, OH	$45,197 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$49,717 higher in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$41,659 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$35,347 higher in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$44,837 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Furman University Greenville, SC	$37,967 higher in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	$31,457 higher in-state tuition	72% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Long Island University Brookville, NY	$20,629 higher in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$39,837 higher in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$43,847 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$48,991 higher in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$45,059 higher in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$44,117 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Allegheny College Meadville, PA	$34,747 higher in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	$39,407 higher in-state tuition	75% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's College Annapolis, MD	$18,881 higher in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Caldwell University Caldwell, NJ	$19,045 higher in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for University of Virginia Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$15,422 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$10,115 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$4,067 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$6,600 lower in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$10,353 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI	$10,200 lower in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$5,456 lower in-state tuition	6% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Purdue University Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$11,811 lower in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$9,745 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	$5,045 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$4,031 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL	$5,799 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$4,589 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare

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Last updated: August 2026