unitid 234030 · Richmond, VA · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Virginia Commonwealth University
- enrollment 2023
- 30,796
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
93%
78th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
20,753
88th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
47th pctl among public 4-years
completion
63%
finish within 150% time
81st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$38,954
99th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$23,433
after aid, aided students
97th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$58,128
after entry, Title IV students
71st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $17,512 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k23%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+26%
- Median family income
- $51,128
- First-generation students
- 28%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,945
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 490 | $54,210 | $23,199 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 342 | $52,617 | $26,901 |
| Biology, General. | 339 | $62,092 | $21,712 |
| Social Work. | 331 | $59,722 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 322 | $49,801 | $25,937 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 236 | $57,508 | $23,250 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 218 | $70,969 | $23,750 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 210 | $86,488 | $26,250 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 191 | $56,586 | $24,000 |
| Medicine. | 189 | $166,894 | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 186 | $51,371 | $25,125 |
| Information Science/Studies. | 167 | $86,853 | $24,364 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.