Southern Virginia University
Southern Virginia University admitted 96% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $23,913 a year. Within six years, 40% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 96%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $35,746 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $23,913 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $19,583 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $21,380 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 40%
- Students who return for a second year
- 74%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $53,570 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 936
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 49%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 23%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 19%
- Psychology
- 17%
- Family and consumer sciences
- 13%
- Visual and performing arts
- 12%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Austin Peay State University TN · 96% admitted
- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary MO · 96% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton PA · 96% admitted
- San Francisco State University CA · 96% admitted
- The Evergreen State College WA · 96% admitted
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore MD · 96% admitted
More colleges in Virginia
- Liberty University VA · 99% admitted
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA · 55% admitted
- George Mason University VA · 88% admitted
- James Madison University VA · 72% admitted
- Virginia Commonwealth University VA · 93% admitted
- University of Virginia-Main Campus VA · 17% admitted
- Old Dominion University VA · 90% admitted
- William & Mary VA · 34% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.