unitid 234085 · Lexington, VA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Virginia Military Institute
- enrollment 2023
- 1,521
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
28th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
1,527
19th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
16%
undergrads on Pell grants
9th pctl among public 4-years
completion
76%
finish within 150% time
93rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$34,824
96th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,113
after aid, aided students
79th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$77,369
after entry, Title IV students
96th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,996
78th 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 $12,697 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
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $99,470
- First-generation students
- 15%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $21,046
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | 56 | $79,025 | $21,500 |
| Economics. | 50 | $80,064 | $23,250 |
| History. | 44 | $62,892 | $19,500 |
| Civil Engineering. | 42 | $80,733 | $26,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 34 | $72,223 | $19,250 |
| Biology, General. | 27 | $79,095 | $23,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 19 | $83,811 | $19,971 |
| Computer Science. | 18 | — | $26,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 18 | $73,619 | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 16 | $72,503 | — |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | 11 | — | — |
| Physics. | 11 | — | — |
— 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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- net
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.