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University of Virginia Today
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
RANKINGS
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The University is ranked the nation's number two public university
and twenty-third among all national universities.
• Five schools at the University are ranked in the
top twenty:
| Commerce |
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5th |
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| Architecture |
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6th |
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| Law |
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7th |
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| Darden |
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10th |
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| Curry |
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19th |
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Ranked among the nation's top ten public liberal arts colleges, the
University's College at Wise is ranked first among national liberal
arts colleges whose graduates complete their degrees while incurring
the least amount of student debt.
• The University of Virginia has the highest retention and graduation
rate of any public institution and is ninth overall. No other public
university is ranked in the top fifteen.
• In the U.S. News listing of "great schools at great
prices," the University of Virginia and the University of Missouri-Columbia
are the top-ranked public universities, tied at eighth overall with
Dartmouth and MIT.
• These medical specialties at the University were ranked by
U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals
Guide," published July 2002.
| Hormonal
disorders |
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5th |
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| Neurology/neurosurgery |
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14th |
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| Ear,
nose, and throat |
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19th |
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| Urology |
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20th |
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| Orthropedics |
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21st |
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| Cancer |
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22nd |
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| Gynecology |
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25th |
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| Digestive
disorders |
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28th |
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| Respiratory
disorders |
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31st |
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| Kidney
disease |
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41st |
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OTHER
RANKINGS
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The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2002 named U.Va. one of forty-three
"best buys."
• In October 2002, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine
ranked the University of Virginia as number two on its list of "100
Best Values in Public Colleges."
• The University holds a debt rating of AAA from Fitch, Inc.,
and Aaa from Moody's. Only two other public universities hold this
top ranking.
• The University Library is ranked twenty-third in the Association
of Research Libraries, the top 112 university libraries in North
America. The library system houses 4.8 million volumes, receives
15 million visits each year to its electronic texts, and holds 12
million manuscripts in its Special Collections.
UNIVERSITY
FACTS AT A GLANCE
On Grounds Enrollment, Fall 2002
| Undergraduate: |
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12,748 |
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| Graduate: |
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4,459 |
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| Law
and Medicine: |
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1,608 |
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| Continuing
Education: |
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382 |
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| Total
on Grounds: |
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19,197 |
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Undergraduate
Costs for Attending the University
including
tuition, fees, room and board, and estimated books and personal
expenses (at mid-year a $385 tuition surcharge will be added.)
| 2002-2003 |
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| Virginians |
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$12,583
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| Non-Virginians |
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$27,793
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Cost
of Education Covered by Tuition
Cost of undergraduate education covered by in-state tuition: 29.4
percent.
Cost of undergraduate education covered by out-of-state tuition:
150 percent.
Undergraduate
Admissions
Entering first-year undergraduates
| Fall
2002 |
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| Total
applications |
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14,643 |
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| Total
offers extended |
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5,588 |
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| Total
offers accepted |
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2,999 |
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| In-state
applications |
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5,786 |
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| In-state
offers extended |
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3,029 |
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| In-state
offers accepted |
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2,017 |
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First-year students in the top tenth of their secondary-school classes:
83 percent
• Mean combined SAT score of 2002-03 entering class: 1314
Student
Profile
• Students come from all 50 states and 97 foreign countries.
• Virginia residents make up 69 percent of the undergraduate
student body.
• 55 percent of undergraduate students are women.
• Student-to-faculty ratio is 15.6 to 1.
• 92 percent of undergraduates graduate within
six years.
Faculty
and Staff
Full-time
instructional/research faculty
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1,953 |
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| Full-time
other staff |
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9,347 |
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ccording to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education,
the University ranks ninth among the nation's top-rated institutions
in attracting, enrolling, and graduating African-American
students as well as in recruiting and retaining black professors.
"For
five years in a row, the University of Virginia has enrolled
the highest percentage of incoming black freshmen of any of
the nation's highest-ranked universities," notes the
journal, although it also observed that the University's African-American
enrollment has declined in recent years. The University's
percentage of black faculty also has dropped over the past
five years, a problem that is the focus of new diversity initiatives
launched by Vice President and Provost Gene Block.
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