Largest Virginia Private Colleges With Most Students

ECPI University is the largest private Virginia college with 11,740 students. The percentage of online students is 27.79% at the school.

Shenandoah University with 4,260 students and University of Richmond with 3,876 students are following it in the largetst Virginia college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Virginia online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Virginia Private Colleges With Most Students

ECPI University is the largest school with 11,740 students and Shenandoah University has the second largest population with 4,260 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

ECPI University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Shenandoah University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $37,047 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,539 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 67.10% and the average SAT score is 1,199 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Virginia Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Virginia Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA Private, four-years	11,740 726	11,399	341	4,656	7,084	3,262	12 to 1
2 -	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA Private, four-years	4,260 27	2,461	1,799	1,357	2,903	558	11 to 1
3 -	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA Private, four-years	3,876 14	3,145	731	1,738	2,138	208	8 to 1
4 -	Marymount University Arlington, VA Private, four-years	3,711 156	2,275	1,436	1,426	2,285	864	13 to 1
5 -	Hampton University Hampton, VA Private, four-years	3,286 31	2,846	440	1,115	2,171	374	13 to 1
6 1	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Blacksburg, VA Private, four-years	2,446 170	-	2,446	1,044	1,402	-	-
7 1	University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA Private, four-years	2,394 159	1,589	805	877	1,517	416	10 to 1
8 -	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA Private, four-years	2,243 5	1,867	376	1,104	1,139	-	7 to 1
9 -	Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA Private, four-years	1,957 185	1,314	643	412	1,545	807	12 to 1
10 1	Virginia Union University Richmond, VA Private, four-years	1,860 130	1,329	531	929	931	563	17 to 1
	Average	3,777	3,136	955	1,466	2,312	882	11 to 1

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