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#23 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#32 Best Value Schools
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#39 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#23 Accounting
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#12 Finance
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#6 Management
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#8 Marketing
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#29 Biomedical
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#9 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#72 Most Innovative Schools
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#328 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#4 Top Public Schools
University of Virginia is ranked #28 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
73
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
41
Graduation and retention rank
10
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
94%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
328
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
95%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
98%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
39
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
33
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
98.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
95%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
55.1%
Classes with 50 or more students
15%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
15:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
23
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1330-1500
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
90%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
47
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
33
Average alumni giving rate
19.7%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
