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#3 Best Public Universities in Virginia

Virginia Tech Comparisons

Blacksburg, Virginia

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Compare with Virginia Public Colleges

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University of Virginia Main Campus

$4,792 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$2,603 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$4,784 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$5,554 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


O
Old Dominion University

$5,108 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Commonwealth University

$152 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$2,697 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Military Institute

$2,622 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$3,760 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Virginia Private Colleges

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University of Richmond

$49,902 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$50,617 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater College

$27,602 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Wesleyan College

$23,312 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


H
Hollins University

$28,652 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Mennonite University

$28,712 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


S
Sweet Briar College

$11,032 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


P
Patrick Henry College

$15,702 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

C
Clemson University

$1,340 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

$2,908 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Main Campus

$6,974 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$5,679 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio State University

$872 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$2,809 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$1,366 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$6,163 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$410 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

$2,440 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$1,342 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$1,937 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$7,456 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$8,886 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


C
College of Charleston

$180 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$806 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$8,255 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$12,698 lower in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$1,448 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$3,460 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$4,992 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


T
University of Toledo

$2,413 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Asheville

$8,576 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$6,201 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$1,986 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$2,690 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$582 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$1,926 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$2,690 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern Polytechnic State University

$8,281 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$2,690 higher in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$1,126 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

D
Duke University

$50,752 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$50,142 higher in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$45,922 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$51,108 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$52,198 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$47,222 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$49,562 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$52,002 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$31,331 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$45,595 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$51,720 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


D
Davidson College

$46,812 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$43,026 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


W
Wake Forest University

$50,910 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$34,902 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$49,294 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$51,402 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$51,002 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$54,824 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$34,448 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


W
Wofford College

$39,052 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


Q
Queens University of Charlotte

$28,092 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$51,302 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$56,332 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$42,782 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$51,532 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$45,204 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$34,892 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$38,442 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$34,602 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$46,352 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$13,102 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


O
Oglethorpe University

$32,718 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$55,482 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$48,492 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$41,602 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$46,498 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


S
St John's College

$25,144 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


A
Agnes Scott College

$35,122 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$23,802 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$23,180 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
Messiah College

$27,002 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


C
Centre College

$37,552 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Wesleyan University

$39,073 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
Sewanee The University of the South

$40,720 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


C
Covenant College

$26,572 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


E
Earlham College

$38,272 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


L
Lebanon Valley College

$36,192 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


G
Goucher College

$38,302 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
University of Florida

$8,221 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Austin

$1,020 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


F
Florida State University

$8,676 lower in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$1,598 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$1,994 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$864 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$1,174 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$2,980 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$864 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$3,499 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$827 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$2,086 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$864 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$864 lower in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$2,386 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$5,628 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$5,628 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$3,893 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$6,956 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$1,866 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$976 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$1,798 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$4,523 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$5,628 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$5,768 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$3,634 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


M
Mississippi State University

$3,033 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$5,768 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$5,768 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$3,866 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate