- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VATown: distantZIP 24450Founded 1839
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1839
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1975
- Website
- www.vmi.edu
VirginiaPublic
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Military Institute is a public institute in Lexington, Virginia, with 1,527 undergraduates. It admits 71% of applicants, graduates 72% within six years and costs $15,585 a year after aid.
72%graduate
Admission rate71%
Retention81%
4-year graduation63%
Pell Grant share21%
Federal loans38%
$15,585net price / year
71%admission rate
1244average SAT
72%graduate in 6 years
$85,178median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,000median debt
#142 of 1,704 for earnings#535 of 1,739 for lowest net price#328 of 1,738 for graduation rate#599 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
- $35,706tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $21,366
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $51,958
- Average net price
- $15,585national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$10,028
$30,001–48,000$4,645
$48,001–75,000$5,212
$75,001–110,000$7,336
$110,001+$27,249
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 71%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1244
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–630
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 500–640
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 24–31
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college71%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college81%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college72%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college21%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 72%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 63%
- First-year retention
- 81%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 82%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $64,945
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $85,178middle 50%: $62,755–$105,423
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$105,423
Median, Virginia Military Institute$85,178
Lower quarter$62,755
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
- 1,527
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 14% / 86%
- Average age at entry
- 19.5
- First-generation students
- 15%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 21%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,070 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $21,289
- Endowment, end of year
- $787,531,041
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White69%
Hispanic10%
Black7.7%
Asian4.7%
Two or more races3.7%
U.S. nonresident2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Unknown1.1%
10 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences30%
Engineering19%
Psychology12%
History11%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.5%
Computer & information sciences6.5%
English language & literature3.7%
Mathematics & statistics3.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 234085. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q785357.