- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- University of the Potomac-VA Campus
FALLS CHURCH, VASuburb: largeZIP 22043
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: business & management
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2001
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- www.potomac.edu
VirginiaPrivate for-profit
University of the Potomac-VA Campus
University of the Potomac-VA Campus is a private for-profit university in FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, with 157 undergraduates. It graduates 62% within six years.
62%graduate
Retention67%
4-year graduation62%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans0%
—net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
62%graduate in 6 years
$43,211median earnings, 10 yrs
$6,972median debt
#1,503 of 1,704 for earnings#584 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
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $6,660
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $6,660
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
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 college67%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college62%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 62%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 62%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 100%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,829
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,211middle 50%: $21,983–$74,708
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,972
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$74,708
Median, University of the Potomac-VA Campus$43,211
Lower quarter$21,983
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
- 157
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 31% / 69%
- Average age at entry
- 32.9
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- —
- Instructional spending per student
- $2,823
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White2.5%
Hispanic1.3%
Black7.0%
Asian48%
Two or more races3.2%
U.S. nonresident35%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Unknown1.3%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 442639.