by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Virginia Union University landed the #1125 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
VUU also ranked #30 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Virginia.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and VUU took the #669 spot on the list.
VUU also ranked #19 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Virginia.
Women make up 47.6% of the total graduate student body at VUU while men make you 52.4%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at VUU, around 94.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. VUU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 2.0% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,275 | $11,275 |
| Fees | $3,000 | $3,000 |
After obtaining their doctorate degree from VUU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $50,668. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 33% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Virginia Union University.
Contact details for VUU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 N Lombardy St, Richmond, VA 23220 |
| Phone: | 804-257-5600 |
| Website: | www.vuu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Virginia.Union |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/VAUnion1865 |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94.9% of the graduate students at VUU took at least one online course. Approximately 76.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 14 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 71 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 15 |
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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