Virginia Military Institute

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Virginia Military Institute

Virginia Military Institute operates as a public institution located in Lexington, Virginia (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,527 students of which 1,589 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Virginia Military Institute is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 71.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,244 and an ACT midpoint of 25. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,113, with published in-state tuition of $21,046 and a Pell grant recipient share of 16.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,996, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 78.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.0%. Graduates earn a median of $77,369 ten years after enrolling, compared with $63,545 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 46100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 77.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.