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#9 Best Public Universities in Virginia

VCU Comparisons

Richmond, Virginia

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Compare with Virginia Public Colleges

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Virginia Tech

$344 lower in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$3,916 higher in-state tuition
72% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$2,584 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$4,634 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$5,340 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


O
Old Dominion University

$5,065 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


R
Radford University

$4,172 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$2,994 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Military Institute

$2,312 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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University of Mary Washington

$3,416 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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Longwood University

$3,424 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


V
The University of Virginia's College at Wise

$6,230 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Virginia Private Colleges

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Liberty University

$9,569 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Roanoke College

$34,416 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


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Shenandoah University

$21,046 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater College

$25,406 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


R
Regent University

$5,126 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Wesleyan College

$23,916 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


H
Hampden Sydney College

$34,920 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


H
Hollins University

$27,266 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Sweet Briar College

$10,026 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$6,274 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$5,075 lower in-state tuition
73% lower acceptance rate


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Ohio State University

$1,076 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$5,559 lower in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$194 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


A
Appalachian State University

$7,852 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$886 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


W
West Virginia University

$3,118 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$8,282 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$5,164 lower in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


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West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$4,378 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$7,651 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$12,094 lower in-state tuition
85% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio University Main Campus

$746 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$1,792 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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The College of New Jersey

$1,509 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$3,216 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$2,696 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$5,164 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$5,164 lower in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

$7,672 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$12,094 lower in-state tuition
82% lower acceptance rate


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SUNY at Purchase College

$5,024 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Ramapo College of New Jersey

$2,858 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Asheville

$7,972 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$5,597 lower in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Akron Main Campus

$2,499 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$5,024 lower in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut Stamford

$2,936 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University Newark

$442 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


R
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

$396 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University Camden

$442 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$22 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


S
SUNY Maritime College

$5,024 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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SUNY College at Old Westbury

$5,024 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$1,300 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Howard University

$16,356 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$26,124 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$42,672 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$47,380 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$40,448 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$32,356 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Pace University New York

$34,884 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$36,221 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$32,326 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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Monmouth University

$28,874 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$35,968 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$30,556 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Iona College

$28,534 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$28,766 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


C
Campbell University

$23,486 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$31,432 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$39,976 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$43,001 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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Wofford College

$35,751 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$41,472 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$39,034 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


Q
Queens University of Charlotte

$25,254 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$45,406 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$47,866 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


R
Rider University

$22,906 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$40,898 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$33,426 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$35,646 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


A
Alfred University

$20,570 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


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John Carroll University

$31,646 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$25,202 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$25,202 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$42,956 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


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University of the Sciences

$13,706 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


M
Molloy College

$20,806 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


R
Robert Morris University

$19,356 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
College of Mount Saint Vincent

$27,406 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$39,816 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


M
Meredith College

$29,010 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


D
DeSales University

$27,406 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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Ursinus College

$44,506 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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William Peace University

$19,856 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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Delaware Valley University

$26,686 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


O
Otterbein University

$21,130 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


C
Capital University

$26,834 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


C
Caldwell University

$22,806 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


G
Gannon University

$21,466 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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Manhattanville College

$26,786 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$27,966 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Arizona State University

$1,384 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Michigan State University

$2,656 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

$6,352 lower in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$2,014 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Hawaii at Manoa

$790 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas Tech University

$3,159 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgia State University

$4,936 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
Colorado State University Fort Collins

$2,385 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$120 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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University of Illinois at Chicago

$1,318 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$5,024 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$652 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rhode Island

$1,156 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


M
Mississippi State University

$2,984 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


M
Montana State University

$6,440 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


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Utah State University

$4,052 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


U
Utah State University

$4,052 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Louisiana State University

$4,056 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


W
Western Washington University

$4,522 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$4,324 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


T
University of Toledo

$2,548 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Boston

$2,093 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri St Louis

$880 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate