Virginia

Where Virginia's high school graduates go to college

130,471
Total Freshmen
1468
Destination Colleges
80%
Stay In-State
67%
Go to 4-Year

Enrollment by Sector

Trends Over Time

Top Destination Colleges

Where Virginia's high school graduates enroll as freshmen

# College State Freshmen Share
1 Northern Virginia Community College in-state Virginia 14,326 11.0%
2 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and in-state Virginia 9,617 7.4%
3 James Madison University in-state Virginia 6,690 5.1%
4 Virginia Commonwealth University in-state Virginia 6,312 4.8%
5 Old Dominion University in-state Virginia 5,450 4.2%
6 George Mason University in-state Virginia 5,209 4.0%
7 University of Virginia-Main Campus in-state Virginia 5,069 3.9%
8 Tidewater Community College in-state Virginia 4,523 3.5%
9 Radford University in-state Virginia 2,352 1.8%
10 Germanna Community College in-state Virginia 2,332 1.8%
11 Liberty University in-state Virginia 2,298 1.8%
12 Brightpoint Community College in-state Virginia 2,217 1.7%
13 Christopher Newport University in-state Virginia 2,115 1.6%
14 William & Mary in-state Virginia 1,993 1.5%
15 Virginia Western Community College in-state Virginia 1,786 1.4%
16 J Sargeant Reynolds Community Colle in-state Virginia 1,703 1.3%
17 Laurel Ridge Community College in-state Virginia 1,659 1.3%
18 Longwood University in-state Virginia 1,554 1.2%
19 Virginia Peninsula Community Colleg in-state Virginia 1,518 1.2%
20 Norfolk State University in-state Virginia 1,325 1.0%
21 University of Mary Washington in-state Virginia 1,324 1.0%
22 Piedmont Virginia Community College in-state Virginia 1,183 0.9%
23 Virginia State University in-state Virginia 1,110 0.9%
24 ECPI University in-state Virginia 1,039 0.8%
25 Blue Ridge Community College in-state Virginia 1,038 0.8%
26 Central Virginia Community College in-state Virginia 999 0.8%
27 New River Community College in-state Virginia 956 0.7%
28 Southwest Virginia Community Colleg in-state Virginia 823 0.6%
29 Patrick & Henry Community College in-state Virginia 787 0.6%
30 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 729 0.6%
31 Randolph-Macon College in-state Virginia 669 0.5%
32 Richard Bland College in-state Virginia 639 0.5%
33 Mountain Empire Community College in-state Virginia 627 0.5%
34 Shenandoah University in-state Virginia 619 0.5%
35 West Virginia University West Virginia 617 0.5%
36 Virginia Highlands Community Colleg in-state Virginia 609 0.5%
37 University of Lynchburg in-state Virginia 606 0.5%
38 Bridgewater College in-state Virginia 605 0.5%
39 Danville Community College in-state Virginia 602 0.5%
40 Wytheville Community College in-state Virginia 598 0.5%
41 Southside Virginia Community Colleg in-state Virginia 564 0.4%
42 Virginia Military Institute in-state Virginia 558 0.4%
43 Rappahannock Community College in-state Virginia 476 0.4%
44 University of South Carolina-Columb South Carolina 475 0.4%
45 Roanoke College in-state Virginia 470 0.4%
46 Mary Baldwin University in-state Virginia 442 0.3%
47 Virginia Wesleyan University in-state Virginia 441 0.3%
48 The University of Tennessee-Knoxvil Tennessee 427 0.3%
49 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 427 0.3%
50 University of Virginia's College at in-state Virginia 399 0.3%