- The Inkwell
- Virginia
- Virginia University of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VACity: smallZIP 24501Founded 1886
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1886
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/associate's: mixed
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1985
- Website
- www.vul.edu
VirginiaHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Virginia University of Lynchburg is a private nonprofit university in Lynchburg, Virginia, with 125 undergraduates. It graduates 35% within six years and costs $20,240 a year after aid.
35%graduate
Retention75%
4-year graduation6.9%
Pell Grant share66%
Federal loans59%
$20,240net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
35%graduate in 6 years
$31,749median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,625median debt
#1,663 of 1,704 for earnings#889 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,463 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
- $27,689tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $11,360
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $11,360
- Average net price
- $20,240national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,336
$30,001–48,000$25,757
$48,001–75,000$26,689
$75,001–110,000$26,888
$110,001+$27,089
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 college35%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college66%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 35%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 6.9%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 43%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,389
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,749middle 50%: $16,582–$49,167
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,625
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$49,167
Median, Virginia University of Lynchburg$31,749
Lower quarter$16,582
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
- 125
- Part-time
- 14%
- Women / men
- 15% / 85%
- Average age at entry
- 21.7
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 66%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 58%
- Average faculty salary
- $4,122 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,129
- Endowment, end of year
- $2,211,297
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White1.6%
Hispanic0.8%
Black83%
Asian0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.8%
Unknown13%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities47%
Business & management40%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting6.7%
Social sciences6.7%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 234137. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7934641.