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Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, Virginia·Public, 4-year or above·Southeast·vmi.edu
6-yr Graduation
76%
+13.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
1,527
peer median 1,847
Avg net price
$18,849
+$5.8k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
2,066
2,066 candidates competed
Admitted
1,472
71.2% acceptance rate
Enrolled
467
31.7% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
76%+13.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
68%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
76%
Full-time retention
81%

Pell equity

18.0pp gap
Pell recipients
64%
Non-Pell
82%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 18.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 14 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
14
Passing
10
71.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

14programs
  • Passing10 · 71.4%
  • No Data4 · 28.6%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
10
No data
4

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

10
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+98.9%
$71,547 vs $35,969
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+101.9%
$72,630 vs $35,969
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+102.1%
$72,700 vs $35,969
Linguistic Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+105.7%
$73,971 vs $35,969
Applied Mathematics
Bachelor Degree · Mathematics And Statistics
+107.8%
$74,740 vs $35,969
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+108.7%
$75,059 vs $35,969
Economics
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+112.1%
$76,296 vs $35,969
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
+113.8%
$76,909 vs $35,969

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

10
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
33%
$25,000 debt · $76,909 earn
Civil Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
33%
$25,000 debt · $76,991 earn
Linguistic Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
32%
$23,968 debt · $73,971 earn
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
29%
$20,977 debt · $72,700 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
28%
$20,250 debt · $71,547 earn
Computer Science
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
28%
$26,000 debt · $94,397 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
27%
$19,500 debt · $72,630 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
26%
$19,549 debt · $75,059 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1926Next review Jun 2027

Action history · 4

  1. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jun 2017Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jun 2017Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$3,152
$30–48k$5,980
$48–75k$10,551
$75–110k$16,055
$110k+$25,359

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$18,849
+$5,766vs Baccalaureate median $13,084
Federal loans
59.9%
In-state tuition
$20,484
Out-of-state
$51,186

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 349 students received $2.1M in Pell grants, alongside $5.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
349
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.1M
$2,072,491 total
Direct Loans
$5.2M
971 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.6M
389 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.8M
500 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.8M
82 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 335 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (1.1%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
335
Defaulted
4
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.1%
2017
1.7%
2018
1.6%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Virginia Military Institute

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs14
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

403 total completions
01Social Sciences
10125.1%
02Engineering
8521.1%
03History
4511.2%
04Psychology
4310.7%
05Biological Sciences
307.4%
06Computer Sciences
266.5%
07English Language
246.0%
08Mathematics
184.5%
09Foreign Languages
164.0%
10Physical Sciences
153.7%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
1,527
12-mo unduplicated
1,589
Undergraduate
1,589
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
87%1,380
Women
13%209

Race / ethnicity composition

White
71.7%
Hispanic
9.4%
Black
7.1%
Asian
5.0%
Two or more
3.9%
Non-resident
1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Unknown
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
562
443 M · 119 W
Women athletes
21.2%
Athletic aid
$6.7M
Total student aid
Budget
$19.2M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$5.7M
$976K
Recruiting expense
$133K
$17K
Head-coach salaries
$97K
$39K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
118 M · 71 W
$1.1M
Football
146 M ·
$5.0M
Soccer
38 M · 41 W
$1.2M
Swimming and Diving (combined)
41 M · 26 W
$409K
Baseball
52 M ·
$977K
Lacrosse
50 M ·
$992K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.98
3 offenses · 1,512 students

3-year trend

9.422 yrs ago2.421 yr ago1.98Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
23
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
12
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Arson
1
Fondling
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Race1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor019

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
9.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
153

Virginia Military Institute vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Virginia Military Institute selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectVirginia Military Institute
76%1,527$18,849Baccalaureate
University of Virginia's College at Wise
47%28.5%2,167$11,180Baccalaureate
University of Mary Washington
66%79.8%3,826$21,108Baccalaureate
New College of Florida
67%73.2%881$4,536Baccalaureate
University of North Carolina Asheville
54%91.9%3,056$12,865Baccalaureate
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
59%80.9%663$13,302Baccalaureate
Peer group median63%79.8%1,847$13,084

Frequently asked questions about Virginia Military Institute

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Virginia Military Institute.

What is the graduation rate at Virginia Military Institute?

Virginia Military Institute reports a 6-year graduation rate of 76% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Virginia Military Institute?

Virginia Military Institute reports a total enrollment of 1,527 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Virginia Military Institute?

The average net price at Virginia Military Institute is $18,849 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Virginia Military Institute?

Virginia Military Institute's yield rate is 31.7%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Virginia Military Institute located?

Virginia Military Institute is located in Lexington, Virginia 24450-0304.

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