- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Strayer University-Virginia
Arlington, VACity: midsizeZIP 22201
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1978
- Campuses
- 22
VirginiaPrivate for-profit
Strayer University-Virginia
Strayer University-Virginia is a private for-profit university in Arlington, Virginia, with 1,668 undergraduates. It graduates 21% within six years and costs $17,213 a year after aid.
21%graduate
Retention75%
4-year graduation21%
Pell Grant share64%
Federal loans70%
$17,213net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
21%graduate in 6 years
$44,016median earnings, 10 yrs
$39,188median debt
#1,490 of 1,704 for earnings#652 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,641 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $25,158tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $13,920
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $13,920
- Average net price
- $17,213national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,213
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college75%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college21%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college64%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 21%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 21%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 28%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,362
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,016middle 50%: $25,052–$66,690
- Median debt at graduation
- $39,188
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$66,690
Median, Strayer University-Virginia$44,016
Lower quarter$25,052
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
- 1,668
- Part-time
- 84%
- Women / men
- 68% / 32%
- Average age at entry
- 33.4
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 64%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 47 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 15%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,381 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $1,634
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White26%
Hispanic9.3%
Black54%
Asian3.5%
Two or more races4.6%
U.S. nonresident1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown1.4%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management56%
Computer & information sciences38%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting5.9%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 233684. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q114339645.