Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
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.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing10 · 71.4%
- No Data4 · 28.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 4
- Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
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 $5.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
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 vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Virginia Military Institute
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus4
- Non-campus1
Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race3
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Virginia Military Institute vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Virginia Military Institute selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | $17,113 | Baccalaureate |
| 47% | 28.5% | 2,167 | $9,210 | Baccalaureate | |
| 66% | 79.8% | 3,826 | $20,667 | Baccalaureate | |
| 67% | 73.2% | 881 | $7,195 | Baccalaureate | |
| 54% | 91.9% | 3,056 | $12,250 | Baccalaureate | |
| 59% | 80.9% | 663 | $9,992 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 63% | 79.8% | 1,847 | $11,121 |
Institutions like Virginia Military Institute
Explore the federal data for institutions in Virginia Military Institute's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateVirginia
University of Virginia's College at Wise
Grad rate47%Admit rate28.5%Enrollment2,167Net price$9,210View data - BaccalaureateVirginia
University of Mary Washington
Grad rate66%Admit rate79.8%Enrollment3,826Net price$20,667View data - BaccalaureateFlorida
New College of Florida
Grad rate67%Admit rate73.2%Enrollment881Net price$7,195View data - BaccalaureateNorth Carolina
University of North Carolina Asheville
Grad rate54%Admit rate91.9%Enrollment3,056Net price$12,250View data - BaccalaureateNew Hampshire
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Grad rate59%Admit rate80.9%Enrollment663Net price$9,992View data
Virginia Military Institute Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Research data serves as the official source of evidence, research-based information about Virginia Military Institute's cadets, faculty, and staff for use in data-informed decision-making.
Visit IR office page- Sarah BeahanAdministrative Specialist
Common Data Set
Virginia Military Institute's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C11,171 applied → 957 admitted (81.8%) → 469 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 81.8% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1050–1260 (median 1170).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 22–28 (median 25).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $35,256 (2024-2025).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $35,256 → about $15,470 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($19,786); 63% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H149% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H541% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $10,512 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 82%; first-year retention 84%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 13 pts below the overall rate (68% vs 82%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I384% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~39% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B22% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D150 transfer applicants → 31 admitted (62.0%) → 21 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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