Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Virginia

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Virginia, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 40 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Chamberlain University-VirginiaVienna, Virginia100.0%90%—$33k$92k100%5578 mi 2University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia97.5%17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 3Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia96.6%14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 4William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia94.6%34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 5Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia93.1%55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 6James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia92.0%72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 7University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia90.8%22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 8George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia86.0%87%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 9Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia85.3%93%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi 10Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia85.3%62%969$25k$59k57%3,7271 mi 11University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia84.4%80%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 12Randolph-Macon CollegeAshland, Virginia83.7%87%1095$28k$58k70%1,63931 mi 13Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, Virginia83.7%41%1207$22k$68k62%94666 mi 14Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia81.7%77%—$30k$58k67%2,11661 mi 15Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia81.2%86%1180$23k$61k72%4,3651 mi 16Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia81.0%71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 17Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia80.1%99%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 18Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia79.8%90%1120$19k$52k61%3,01562 mi 19Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia76.9%90%1197$15k$55k46%17,5141 mi 20Eastern Mennonite UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia76.1%100%—$25k$55k67%75482 mi 21Roanoke CollegeSalem, Virginia75.7%83%1211$25k$58k67%1,767153 mi 22Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia75.6%90%1060$15k$54k49%6,038180 mi 23Bridgewater CollegeBridgewater, Virginia75.3%92%1180$18k$53k53%1,40087 mi 24Strayer University-VirginiaArlington, Virginia75.0%——$20k$40k36%1,6681 mi 25Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia74.6%38%1153$20k$44k57%4,7296 mi 26Randolph CollegeLynchburg, Virginia74.5%94%1134$16k$53k46%658104 mi 27Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia74.3%73%—$20k$50k42%1,2564 mi 28Southern Virginia UniversityBuena Vista, Virginia74.0%96%—$22k$50k33%936117 mi 29Hollins UniversityRoanoke, Virginia74.0%68%1230$21k$40k65%665146 mi 30Marymount UniversityArlington, Virginia72.6%93%—$29k$68k54%1,8103 mi 31Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia72.6%88%927$15k$45k39%5,3922 mi 32University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, Virginia71.6%29%1050$9k$45k47%1,101292 mi 33University of LynchburgLynchburg, Virginia70.6%43%1125$22k$56k57%1,577105 mi 34Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, Virginia69.4%89%948$16k$46k39%5,07410 mi 35Mary Baldwin UniversityStaunton, Virginia66.8%——$13k$44k39%1,09095 mi 36Virginia Union UniversityRichmond, Virginia66.6%98%850$13k$38k34%1,20318 mi 37Emory & Henry UniversityEmory, Virginia66.3%84%1135$19k$47k56%1,078254 mi 38Averett UniversityDanville, Virginia65.3%57%1135$23k$52k48%1,231129 mi 39Ferrum CollegeFerrum, Virginia64.1%89%—$20k$44k32%699154 mi 40Bluefield UniversityBluefield, Virginia61.5%59%—$26k$49k18%614218 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.