by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Averett University was awarded 14 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
AU landed the #1,665 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when AU held the #1,696 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
AU also holds the #42 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
If you're applying to Averett University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 48%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 21% of students accepted to AU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 450 and 585.
At AU, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Averett University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Averett University is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At AU this rate is 36%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Averett University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 887 undergraduates at AU with 863 being full-time and 24 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,935 | $21,265 | $44,714 | $26,193 | $29,942 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of AU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At AU, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $7,111 a year. That adds up to $28,444 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at AU is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Averett University.
Contact details for AU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 420 W Main St, Danville, VA 24541 |
| Phone: | 434-791-5600 |
| Website: | https://www.averett.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Danville-VA/Averett-University/167871927825?ref=ts |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/AverettU1859 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 42 | $53,353 |
| Health & Physical Education | 32 | $23,288 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 26 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 23 | $37,797 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 20 | $24,979 |
| Nursing | 16 | $64,865 |
| Air Transportation | 15 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 8 | $32,716 |
| Marketing | 8 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,130 students took at least one online class at Averett University. This is an increase from the 835 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,130 | 425 |
| 2019-2020 | 835 | 53 |
| 2018-2019 | 381 | 2 |
| 2017-2018 | 228 | 3 |
| 2016-2017 | 188 | 0 |
If you’re considering Averett University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.
Curious on how these schools stack up against AU? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.