• $248 million sponsored research

  • 110 countries represented in student population

  • 2,048 full-time faculty members

  • 166,336 alumni

Students

  • 31,752 students
    • 23,951 undergraduates
    • 6,094 graduates
    • 1,707 first professionals
  • Representing 110 countries
    • Top four: Saudi Arabia, India, China and Kuwait
  • 79% full-time students
  • Gender: male 42%, female 57%
  • Race/ethnicity status:
    • American Indian/Alaskan <1%
    • Asian 11%
    • Black/African-American 16%
    • Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
    • Hispanic/Latino 6%
    • International 5%
    • Two or more races 3%
    • Not reported 5%
    • White 54%

Faculty

  • 2,048 full-time faculty members
  • 1,205 part-time (adjunct) faculty members
  • 18:1 student-faculty ratio

Alumni

  • 166,336 alumni
  • 106,668 alumni in Virginia

Employees

  • 19,955 employees at VCU and the VCU Medical Center, making us the largest employer in Richmond

Academic programs

  • 13 schools and one college offering:
    • 64 bachelor’s degree programs
    • 74 master’s degree programs
    • 41 doctoral degree programs
    • Three first-professional degree programs
    • 41 post-baccalaureate and post-master’s certificate programs

Financial data

  • Undergraduate tuition and fees: 2013-14 academic year (Based on 15 credit hours per semester and 30 credit hours for the year):
    • Virginia resident: $12,002.28
    • Non-resident: $29,473.14
  • Room (Double occupancy, Gladding II): $5,454
  • Board (Assumes 200-block plan with $300 per semester in Dining Dollars): $3,628
  • Average financial aid awarded to full-time undergraduates seeking assistance: $9,956

Research

VCU Medical Center

Campus

Accreditation

SACS

Virginia Commonwealth University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral and first-professional degrees.

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
1866 Southern Lane
Decatur, Georgia 30033
(404) 679-4500
sacs.org