- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista, VATown: distantZIP 24416Founded 1867
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1867
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1970
- Website
- svu.edu
VirginiaPrivate nonprofit
Southern Virginia University
Southern Virginia University is a private nonprofit university in Buena Vista, Virginia, with 936 undergraduates. It admits 96% of applicants, graduates 40% within six years and costs $23,913 a year after aid.
40%graduate
Admission rate96%
Retention74%
4-year graduation27%
Pell Grant share49%
Federal loans54%
$23,913net price / year
96%admission rate
—average SAT
40%graduate in 6 years
$53,570median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,000median debt
#1,090 of 1,704 for earnings#1,153 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,364 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,399 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $35,746tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $21,380
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $21,380
- Average net price
- $23,913national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$19,583
$30,001–48,000$20,776
$48,001–75,000$22,337
$75,001–110,000$23,910
$110,001+$28,801
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 96%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college96%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college74%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college40%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college49%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 40%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 27%
- First-year retention
- 74%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 45%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,272
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $53,570middle 50%: $31,840–$77,748
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$77,748
Median, Southern Virginia University$53,570
Lower quarter$31,840
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 936
- Part-time
- 2.5%
- Women / men
- 47% / 53%
- Average age at entry
- 20.9
- First-generation students
- 17%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 64%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,553 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,056
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,867,799
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White73%
Hispanic6.9%
Black6.8%
Asian1.0%
Two or more races5.9%
U.S. nonresident1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander4.8%
12 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management23%
Biological & biomedical sciences19%
Psychology16%
Family & consumer sciences13%
Visual & performing arts12%
Social sciences4.3%
Computer & information sciences3.0%
English language & literature3.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 233611. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7570614.