Tuition Trends for Virginia colleges Over Past 10 Years

There are 167 colleges in Virginia - 44 public and 123 private schools. The 2024 average tuition & fees of the 4-year colleges in Virginia is $15,277 for Virginia residents and $35,277 for out-of-state students. In private colleges, the average tuition & fees is $22,866. For Virginia community colleges, the average tuition & fees is $5,188 for state residents and $11,196 for out-of-state students.

Virginia public 4-year colleges' in-state tuition & fees increased by 38.12% from $10,996 (2015) to $15,188 (2024) and out-of-state tuition & fees grew by 27.81% over the past decade from $27,551 (2015) to $35,214 (2024). In private Virginia colleges, the tuition & fees increased by 17.53%, from $21,670 (2015) to $25,469 (2024).

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Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes

Over the past 10 years, the COA has increased by 27.12% when living on campus and by 24.72% when living off campus at public Virginia colleges. For private Virginia colleges, the COA has increased by 20.75% (on-campus) and 17.84% (off-camus). The COA includes tuition, fees, books & supplies, room & board, and other personal expenses.

Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes of Virginia colleges
Year	Living On Campus			Living Off Campus
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools
2014-15	$24,943	$41,498	$35,617	$24,392	$40,947	$35,066
2015-16	$25,737 3.18%	$42,579 2.60%	$36,097 1.35%	$25,136 3.05%	$41,978 2.52%	$35,496 1.23%
2016-17	$26,758 3.97%	$44,131 3.64%	$37,050 2.64%	$25,808 2.67%	$43,181 2.87%	$36,100 1.70%
2017-18	$27,605 3.17%	$45,508 3.12%	$37,943 2.41%	$27,277 5.69%	$45,180 4.63%	$37,615 4.20%
2018-19	$28,619 3.67%	$47,146 3.60%	$36,810 -2.99%	$27,598 1.18%	$46,125 2.09%	$35,789 -4.85%
2019-20	$29,138 1.81%	$48,069 1.96%	$37,545 2.00%	$28,177 2.10%	$47,108 2.13%	$36,584 2.22%
2020-21	$29,824 2.35%	$48,953 1.84%	$38,232 1.83%	$28,394 0.77%	$47,523 0.88%	$36,802 0.60%
2021-22	$30,385 1.88%	$49,301 0.71%	$39,068 2.19%	$28,967 2.02%	$47,883 0.76%	$37,650 2.30%
2022-23	$31,211 2.72%	$50,708 2.85%	$42,322 8.33%	$29,673 2.44%	$49,170 2.69%	$40,784 8.32%
2023-24	$32,726 4.85%	$52,752 4.03%	$43,007 1.62%	$31,042 4.61%	$51,068 3.86%	$41,323 1.32%

Tuition & Fees Changes

For the current year (2024), the average tuition & fees for Virginia colleges is $15,188 for Virginia residents and $35,214 out-of-state students. In private schools, the average tuition & fees is $28,136.

For graduate programs, the 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $18,893 for Virginia residents and $32,861 out-of-state students. In private schools, the average graduate program tuition & fees is $16,509.

The tuition & fees has increased 27.81% for undergraduate programs and 24.14% for graduate programs at Virginia colleges. The following table and chart illustrate the changes of tuition & fees by tuition rates and degrees.

Tuition & Fees Changes for Virginia colleges
Year	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools	In-State	Out-of-State	Private Schools
2014-15	$10,996	$27,551	$21,670	$11,861	$23,509	$14,894
2015-16	$11,552 5.06%	$28,394 3.06%	$21,912 1.12%	$12,300 3.70%	$24,311 3.41%	$15,371 3.20%
2016-17	$12,168 5.33%	$29,541 4.04%	$22,460 2.50%	$12,917 5.02%	$25,087 3.19%	$14,676 -4.52%
2017-18	$12,715 4.50%	$30,618 3.65%	$23,053 2.64%	$13,231 2.43%	$25,721 2.53%	$13,568 -7.55%
2018-19	$13,442 5.72%	$31,969 4.41%	$21,633 -6.16%	$13,695 3.51%	$26,504 3.04%	$14,515 6.98%
2019-20	$13,720 2.07%	$32,651 2.13%	$22,127 2.28%	$14,192 3.63%	$27,300 3.00%	$14,425 -0.62%
2020-21	$13,971 1.83%	$33,100 1.38%	$22,379 1.14%	$14,311 0.84%	$27,461 0.59%	$14,542 0.81%
2021-22	$14,221 1.79%	$33,137 0.11%	$22,904 2.35%	$14,613 2.11%	$27,804 1.25%	$14,336 -1.42%
2022-23	$14,636 2.92%	$34,133 3.01%	$25,747 12.41%	$15,005 2.68%	$28,180 1.35%	$15,825 10.39%
2023-24	$15,188 3.77%	$35,214 3.17%	$25,469 -1.08%	$15,534 3.53%	$29,183 3.56%	$15,786 -0.25%

Virginia 4-Year Colleges Tuition & Fees Trend Chart

Virginia Graduate Schools Tuition & Fees Trend Chart

Books & Supplies Costs Changes for Virginia colleges
Year	Books & Supplies
2014-15	$1,323
2015-16	$1,328 0.38%
2016-17	$1,243 -6.40%
2017-18	$1,263 1.61%
2018-19	$1,224 -3.09%
2019-20	$1,234 0.82%
2020-21	$1,211 -1.86%
2021-22	$1,216 0.41%
2022-23	$1,177 -3.21%
2023-24	$1,166 -0.93%

Living Costs Changes

For Virginia colleges, the living have increased 25.82% when a student lives on campus facilities and 18.02% when living off campus from year 2015 to 2024. The living costs includes costs for room & board, and other living expenses.

Living Costs Changes for Virginia colleges
Year	Living On Campus	Living Off Campus
2014-15	$12,624	$13,451
2015-16	$12,857 2.23%	$13,631 2.63%
2016-17	$13,347 3.69%	$13,853 3.34%
2017-18	$13,627 1.74%	$14,477 5.15%
2018-19	$13,953 4.05%	$14,586 -0.52%
2019-20	$14,184 3.30%	$15,011 2.44%
2020-21	$14,642 3.16%	$15,374 -0.17%
2021-22	$14,948 2.50%	$15,791 2.03%
2022-23	$15,398 3.12%	$16,180 3.24%
2023-24	$16,372 6.29%	$17,183 6.00%

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Tuition Trends for Virginia colleges Over Past 10 Years

Cost of Attendance (COA) Changes

Tuition & Fees Changes

Books & Supplies Costs Changes

Living Costs Changes