Virginia State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,615 (51%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (64%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,141
Men / Women 42% / 58%
From State 68%
From Region 10%
Athletes 163 (3.3%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 83%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 5%
White 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture 28 32% 11% 0% 68% 0% 0% $46,973 1 -1.34 28 94%
Agriculture 28 — 32% 11% 0% 68% 0% 0% $46,973 6 -1.34 28 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education and Human Development 87 44% 2% 0% 91% 0% 0% $47,298 1 -1.28 29 95%
Consumer Sciences 19 — 21% 5% 0% 84% 0% 0% $46,386 1 -1.62 27 100% — — — —
Elementary Education 6 — 0% 0% 0% 67% 0% 0% $48,401 25 -0.58 32 — — — — —
Middle School Education 2 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $49,024 19 -0.71 34 — — — — —
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 57 — 58% 0% 0% 96% 0% 0% $47,197 7 -1.30 29 93% — — — —
Special Education 3 — 33% 33% 0% 67% 0% 0% $51,655 30 -0.64 41 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering and Technology 78 77% 6% 1% 77% 0% 4% $73,678 53 -1.61 81 99%
Computer Engineering 7 — 86% 14% 0% 86% 0% 0% $91,810 2 -1.19 93 — — — — —
Manufacturing Engineering 6 — 50% 17% 0% 50% 0% 0% $80,708 1 -2.33 87 100% — — — —
Computer Science 27 — 78% 4% 4% 85% 0% 0% $74,284 2 -1.48 82 — — — — —
Electronic Engineering Technology 5 — 80% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $69,434 7 -1.60 77 — — — — —
Industrial Technology 10 — 60% 0% 0% 90% 0% 0% $69,660 7 -1.59 77 94% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 23 — 87% 9% 0% 61% 0% 13% $68,284 6 -1.70 76 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Humanities and Social Sciences 264 31% 1% 0% 88% 0% 1% $48,064 1 -1.01 31 94%
English 5 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $46,318 20 -0.74 26 — — — — —
General Education 3 — 33% 0% 0% 67% 0% 0% $54,841 39 -0.24 49 96% — — — —
History 7 — 29% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $46,891 9 -0.98 28 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 41 — 39% 0% 0% 88% 0% 2% $47,733 9 -0.92 30 — — — — —
Mass Communication 53 — 49% 0% 0% 91% 0% 0% $42,123 1 -1.84 17 87% — — — —
Political Science 17 — 53% 0% 0% 82% 0% 0% $50,700 2 -1.58 38 95% — — — —
Social Work 29 — 10% 3% 0% 86% 0% 0% $50,767 32 -0.30 38 99% — — — —
Sociology 12 — 8% 0% 0% 92% 0% 0% $45,553 4 -1.03 24 100% — — — —
Fine Arts 13 — 46% 0% 0% 92% 0% 0% $41,248 26 -0.60 15 — — — — —
Music Performance 14 — 64% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $40,920 16 -0.63 14 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 70 — 14% 1% 1% 84% 0% 1% $54,076 17 -0.80 47 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Natural and Health Sciences 115 21% 7% 1% 81% 0% 0% $54,639 3 -0.91 49 95%
Chemistry 6 — 17% 17% 0% 67% 0% 0% $59,324 7 -1.18 60 — — — — —
Mathematics 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $62,411 13 -0.87 66 — — — — —
Biology 38 — 26% 8% 3% 79% 0% 0% $58,462 15 -0.93 58 96% — — — —
Nursing 5 — 0% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% $87,902 37 -0.43 91 — — — — —
Psychology 64 — 19% 3% 0% 84% 0% 0% $49,089 17 -0.91 34 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Reginald F. Lewis College of Business 130 47% 1% 0% 90% 0% 1% $60,664 12 -1.09 63 97%
Accounting 17 — 41% 6% 0% 88% 0% 0% $78,045 31 -0.58 85 97% — — — —
Business Administration 62 — 47% 0% 0% 89% 0% 2% $48,685 1 -1.50 33 96% — — — —
Hospitality Management 6 — 50% 0% 0% 83% 0% 0% $47,046 5 -1.22 28 97% — — — —
Management Information Systems 14 — 71% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $75,371 14 -0.98 83 97% — — — —
Managerial Economics 4 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $68,891 7 -1.09 76 — — — — —
Marketing 27 — 37% 0% 0% 89% 0% 0% $71,410 33 -0.48 79 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,551
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $24,096
Est. In-State Cost $13,649
Est. Out-of-State Cost $31,171
ROI Percentile 47th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 69%
4-Year Graduation Rate 24%
6-Year Graduation Rate 39%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 24.9% 175 29% 2% 0% 87% 0% 0% $47,171 3 -1.16 29 93% —
Business & Economics 21.2% 149 44% 1% 0% 89% 0% 1% $58,843 3 -1.16 59 98% —
Professional 15.4% 108 37% 3% 1% 81% 0% 4% $59,256 24 -1.10 60 96% —
Education 9.7% 68 50% 1% 0% 93% 0% 0% $47,554 14 -1.19 30 93% —
Humanities 8.0% 56 34% 0% 0% 89% 0% 2% $47,882 11 -0.87 30 96% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.4% 38 26% 8% 3% 79% 0% 0% $58,462 14 -0.93 58 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.0% 28 32% 11% 0% 68% 0% 0% $46,973 5 -1.34 28 94% —
Arts 3.8% 27 56% 0% 0% 96% 0% 0% $41,078 10 -0.61 14 — —
Computer Science 3.8% 27 78% 4% 4% 85% 0% 0% $74,284 4 -1.48 82 — —
Engineering 1.9% 13 69% 15% 0% 69% 0% 0% $86,686 1 -1.71 91 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 8 25% 25% 0% 62% 0% 0% $60,096 5 -1.10 62 — —
Health Sciences 0.7% 5 0% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% $87,902 83 -0.43 91 — —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $8.7M #78 41% $0 — — — —
Engineering $2.2M #244 55% $0 — — — —
Education $0.9M #244 65% $0 17 #244 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.4M #404 100% $0 2 #308 16 —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.4M #462 100% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #477 97% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.2M #362 0% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #395 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Total $13.0M #286 49% $0 19 #387 16 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 132 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Track & Field (combined) 96 $430K $430K $0
Lacrosse 34 $350K $350K $0
Baseball 30 $140K $140K $0
Soccer 26 $301K $301K $0
Basketball 20 $948K $948K $0
Golf 9 $122K $122K $0
Tennis 5 $8K $8K $0
Total 132 $4.1M $4.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 58 $362K $362K $0
Lacrosse 22 $291K $291K $0
Soccer 20 $269K $269K $0
Softball 16 $190K $190K $0
Volleyball 16 $286K $286K $0
Basketball 15 $835K $835K $0
Tennis 8 $111K $111K $0
Bowling 7 $92K $92K $0
Total 31 $2.4M $2.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 154 $793K $793K $0
Football 132 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Lacrosse 56 $642K $642K $0
Soccer 46 $571K $571K $0
Basketball 35 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Baseball 30 $140K $140K $0
Softball 16 $190K $190K $0
Volleyball 16 $286K $286K $0
Tennis 13 $120K $120K $0
Golf 9 $122K $122K $0
Bowling 7 $92K $92K $0
Total 163 $9.3M $9.3M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 89%
Yield (non-ED) 11%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 93% 87% 0%
Unhooked Early Decision 0% 0% —

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, and faculty-related

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 3%
SAT Range 830 – 1010
SAT Math Range 400 – 580
SAT RW Range 430 – 430