by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Virginia Military Institute was awarded 257 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & biomedical sciences.
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VMI is ranked #326 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 63 colleges in Virginia, VMI is ranked at #11.
If you're applying to Virginia Military Institute you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 64%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 29% of students accepted to VMI submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 650.
At VMI, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 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 Virginia Military Institute is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Virginia Military Institute enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At VMI the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 67%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,698 full-time undergraduates at VMI.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,556 | $12,429 | $13,613 | $18,173 | $27,394 |
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 VMI, 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 VMI, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,487 a year. That adds up to $29,948 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at VMI is 1.6%. 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.
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Contact details for VMI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Vmi Parade, Lexington, VA 24450-0304 |
| Phone: | 540-464-7207 |
| Website: | www.vmi.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/vmi1839 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/vamilitary |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| International Relations & National Security | 56 | $39,302 |
| Civil Engineering | 52 | $47,030 |
| Economics | 48 | $41,118 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 41 | $41,215 |
| General Psychology | 39 | $38,487 |
| General Biology | 36 | $38,712 |
| History | 33 | $39,325 |
| Computer Science | 25 | $43,367 |
| General English Literature | 21 | $39,671 |
| Electrical Engineering | 18 | NA |
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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.
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