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#3 Best Public Universities in Virginia

Virginia Tech Comparisons

Blacksburg, Virginia

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Compare with Virginia Public Colleges

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University of Virginia Main Campus

$4,876 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$2,309 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$4,420 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$5,330 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


O
Old Dominion University

$4,865 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Commonwealth University

$354 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


C
Christopher Newport University

$2,729 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Military Institute

$2,322 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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University of Mary Washington

$3,166 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Longwood University

$3,351 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Virginia Private Colleges

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University of Richmond

$48,226 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Washington and Lee University

$48,486 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Wesleyan College

$23,906 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


H
Hampden Sydney College

$36,084 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


E
Eastern Mennonite University

$28,486 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


S
Sweet Briar College

$10,516 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


P
Patrick Henry College

$16,296 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

C
Clemson University

$2,014 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

$2,314 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


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Penn State Main Campus

$6,264 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$5,085 lower in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


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Ohio State University

$579 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$2,409 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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The University of Tennessee

$772 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$5,569 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$184 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

$1,846 lower in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$1,266 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$2,238 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$7,656 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
College of Charleston

$414 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$606 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$7,661 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$12,104 lower in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$1,389 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$3,048 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$4,548 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Asheville

$7,982 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$5,607 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$2,580 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$3,284 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$12 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$3,284 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern Polytechnic State University

$7,687 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State York

$2,520 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Greater Allegheny

$1,720 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Duke University

$48,331 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$48,376 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$44,108 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$48,664 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$49,768 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$45,016 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$47,760 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$50,006 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$29,630 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$44,491 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$49,304 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


D
Davidson College

$44,446 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$40,966 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$34,066 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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Xavier University

$32,666 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$46,824 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$48,936 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$49,002 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$50,746 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$33,272 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


W
Wofford College

$37,656 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$47,896 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$54,136 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$41,326 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$49,656 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$43,288 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$34,326 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$37,306 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$33,386 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$44,946 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$13,696 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


M
Maryland Institute College of Art

$39,766 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


O
Oglethorpe University

$31,606 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$53,548 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$45,896 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$40,846 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


M
Meredith College

$30,316 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$45,912 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


S
St John's College

$23,936 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


A
Agnes Scott College

$33,352 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$23,376 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$22,394 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


M
Messiah College

$26,446 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
Centre College

$35,966 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio Wesleyan University

$37,158 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
Sewanee The University of the South

$38,770 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Covenant College

$25,656 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


E
Earlham College

$37,114 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


T
Transylvania University

$29,796 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
University of Florida

$7,627 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Austin

$406 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$1,004 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$1,712 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$540 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$915 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$2,386 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$540 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$2,765 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$584 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$540 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$540 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Indiana University Bloomington

$2,092 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$5,034 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$4,082 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$6,362 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$2,460 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$796 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$1,902 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$3,929 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$5,034 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$3,568 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$3,272 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate