Students

• 31,231 students
  • 24,212 undergraduates
  • 5,259 graduates
  • 1,760 first professionals
• Representing 102 countries (PDF)
  • Top four: Saudi Arabia, China, India and Kuwait
• 82% full-time students
• Gender: male 41%, female 59%
• Race/ethnicity status:
  • Asian 12%
  • Black/African-American 16%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7%
  • International 5%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Not reported 4%
  • White 50%

Faculty

• 2,274 full-time faculty members
• 949 part-time (adjunct) faculty members
• 18.4:1 student-faculty ratio

Alumni

• 182,746 alumni
• More than 64 percent live in Virginia

Employees

• 22,473 employees at VCU and VCU Health, making us the largest employer in Richmond

Academic programs

• 13 schools and one college offering:
  • 59 bachelor’s degree programs
  • 69 master’s degree programs
  • 42 doctoral degree programs
  • Three first-professional degree programs
  • 47 post-baccalaureate and post-master’s certificate programs

Financial data

• Undergraduate tuition and fees: 2016-17 academic year ( Based on 15 credit hours per semester and 30 credit hours for the year):
  • Virginia resident: $13,130
  • Non-resident: $32,287
• Room ( Double occupancy, Rhoads Hall): $5,999
• Board ( Assumes 200-block plan with $300 per semester in Dining Dollars): $3,920
• Average financial aid awarded to full-time undergraduates seeking assistance: $15,203

Research

• $275 million in sponsored research in fiscal year 2017

VCU Medical Center

• No. 1 hospital in the Richmond metro area
• Only Level 1 trauma center in Central Virginia

Campus

• 158 acres in downtown Richmond
  • 5,157 residence hall capacity for 2016-17 academic year
• Branch campuses and satellite locations:
  • Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences
  • VCU Health at Stony Point
  • VCU School of the Arts in Qatar
  • VCU School of Medicine Inova Fairfax Campus
  • VCU School of Pharmacy Inova Campus
  • VCU School of Pharmacy U.Va. Division