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103/ UPFRONT
A roundup of administrative changes,
construction projects and other news
from Virginias colleges and universities by Rachael Whitten
109/ ENSURING SUCCESS

Partnerships and programs keep community college students on track to
transition to four-year schools.
by Megan Wilson
116/ TECH IN EVERY CORNER

From iPads to iris scanners, high-tech
permeates college life. by Austin Walker
122/ COMMUNITY COLLEGES

124/ NONPROFIT PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC COLLEGES CHART
126/ ADULT EDUCATION OPTIONS
COVER: Kelsey Shaeffer and Alex Jones use VCUs tech

center; photo by Ash Daniel
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This is our real.

On Sept. 23-24, Virginia Commonwealth University opens its
doors to the community to mark the public launch of the Make It
Real Campaign for VCU. The largest fundraising campaign in the
universitys history supports people, innovations and environments.
Join the celebration and see for yourself how VCU is already
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
A daylong showcase of the finest of VCUs people,

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Changing the Game:
A tour of the basketball
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The Zeitgeist of Zeitguide:
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Eat and Greet to the Beat:
Jazz brunch with student
leaders
Imitating Life: A tour of the
center for human simulation
and patient safety
The Big Draw: Q&A with
comic artist alumni
Art and the Creative

Economy: A tour of the
Depot
Innovation at VCU: Medical
research, education and
clinical care
In Real Life: A conversation
with distinguished VCU
alumni
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
The VCU Broad Street Mile
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AROUND CAMPUS
A roundup of administrative changes, construction projects and other news
from Virginias colleges and universities Compile d by R ac h ael W hit te n
COURTESY HOLLINS UNIVERSITY; BOTTOM: COURTESY MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE
Landmark dates
Two Virginia womens

colleges celebrate 175th
anniversaries in the 20162017 academic ye ar:
Hollins University in
Ro a n o ke a n d M a r y
B a l dw i n C o l l e g e i n
Staunton. At Hollins, the
university president, Dr.
Nancy Gray, will preside
over the anniversary, but
has announced her retirement, effective at the end
of the academic year.
At Mary Baldwin,
event s will b e held
throughout the school
year to commemorate
the anniversary.
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Mary Baldwin students speak

outside the Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall.
Above: Hollins University students
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ACTING PRESIDENT AT VUU
Leadership changes
at Virginia State
Virginia State University in
South Chesterfield has a new
provost and vice president
for academic affairs, Donald
E. Palm. He assumed duties
in August. Palm previously
served as an administrator and tenured professor at
Florida A&M University in
Tallahassee, Florida, teaching
in the College of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
He completed executive leadership training at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education
and was an American Council
on Education Fellow.
Longwood debate
The world comes to
Farmville on Oct. 4 as
Longwood University
plays host to the vice
presidential debate. The
debate will be held at
Willett Hall on campus
and broadcast worldwide. Longwood has
more than 30 debaterelated course offerings in the fall semester,
including a 400-level art
class in which students
of photography professor
Michael Mergen will document campaign events
in the region.
University of Richmond
construction
Upgrades at
Christopher Newport
The North Court building at

the University of Richmond,
originally the building of the
Westhampton College for women,
is now made up of an academic
and a residential wing, the latter
of which will be renovated and
made into suite-style dorm rooms.
It will be ready for occupancy
in December. Construction was
completed this summer on the
Queally Center for Admission and
Career Services. It includes space
for admissions, financial aid, the
registrar, the bursars office and
career services. It will also house a
banquet area.
The new academic year marked

the completion of four construction projects at Christopher
Newport University. The new
buildings include a $9.6 million
dining hall, an $18 million residence hall, and an $18 million
first phase of Greek housing on
campus. These are funded by
bond debt from the state and
will be paid back through
student fees.
The fourth building is
a $5 million alumni house,
which is being funded
jointly through state bonds
and private donations.
LANDMARK RENOVATION AT UVA

The Rotunda, a Thomas Jefferson-designed
World Heritage Site and the heart of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, is undergoing repairs and renovation. The project
includes updating mechanical systems and
pipework, as well as replacing portico roofs,
the dome ceiling and marble capitals. The
university wants to preserve the historical
integrity of the site but modernize it to offer
up-to-date amenities and to stabilize the
building. The second phase has a $42.5 million budget.
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COURTESY VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY BOTTOM: COURTESY UVA UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
The new school year has brought an acting president, Joseph F. Johnson, to Virginia Union University to lead the school during the year-long
sabbatical of President Claude G. Perkins.
Johnson is the president and lead consultant at The Flanner Group
and was formerly a senior vice president at Virginia Union. He has also
worked as a senior professor and dean of the School of Education at
Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. He earned a masters in
science education from Virginia State and a doctors in education administration at Virginia Tech.
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Theres more room for instruction at
Virginia Tech in Blacksburg this fall, with
the opening of a new classroom building.
It includes 15 classrooms and four laboratories, and is designed to cater to a collaborative science learning environment.
Naming rights have yet to be announced.
The three-story, 73,000-square-foot academic building will also include study
rooms, student meeting spaces and lecture halls. The project budget is $42
million and is primarily built with the
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A $500 million facilities construction program underway at

Liberty University in
Lynchburg includes
a student center on the back of DeMoss
Hall thats set to open this fall. The
150,000-square-foot building will house
dining, gaming areas and a highly anticipated bowling alley. The center will connect on the west to DeMoss Hall and to
the Freedom Tower on the north end.
Construction at VCU
Demolition began in August at Virginia
Commonwealth University of sections
I and II of the Gladding Residence
Center, which was built in the 1980s.
They will be replaced with a new,
12-story, 360,000 square-foot building
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Four buildings dedicated to the College

of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences
at Radford University were taken down
over the summer to make room for
a new, 80-space parking lot to alleviate a parking problem on campus. The
offices of the Humanities and Behavioral
Sciences professors will move to the new
college building, which cost $58 million to construct. Radford opened a new
Center for the Sciences in January and
also welcomed its new president, Brian
Hemphill, in July. He follows Penelope
Kyle, who retired after 11 years as the
universitys president.
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Partnerships and programs

keep community college
students on track to transition
to four-year schools
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ory Schutter never imagined that hed be a

student at the University of Richmond.
The Loudoun County native is a sophomore,
but hes in his first year at the university after
a year of work at a two-year school in
Petersburg, Richard Bland College of William & Mary. Schutter
is one of more than 15,000 Virginia students transferring from
a two-year college to a four-year university this fall.
Those numbers have grown steadily. For instance, in the
2007-2008 school year, 11,015 students transferred from twoyear to four-year schools, according to the State Council of Higher
Education for Virginia.
Over the last eight to 10 years, the number of students who
are transferring from community colleges to four-year universities has increased significantly, says Catherine Finnegan, the
Virginia Community College Systems assistant vice chancellor
for institutional effectiveness.
The trend reflects some financial realities. The community
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college experience is cheaper and can

be more flexible for students, and there
also are several initiatives and programs
in place at Bland and other schools
designed to make it more likely the students will succeed at a four-year school
and finish their degrees on time.
From the student perspective, a
heightened attention to the overall student experience has paid off. Schutter was able to get intimate
attention at a much smaller two-year school before launching
into a larger college setting. At Richard Bland, he engaged in
conversations with the administration, professors and young
graduates from other four-year universities alike, interactions
not often found at four-year institutions. He credits these
moments for allowing him to discover that he wanted to pursue
degrees in sociology and higher education administration.
I feel like Richard Bland really prepared me for what I wanted
COURTESY RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE
Richard Bland College of William

& Mary is one of several two-year
schools o er ng programs to
help students make successful
trans t ons to four-year schools
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STUDENTS TRANSFERRING INTO PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS

12,000
10,000
8,000
2007-08
2008-09
TUITION TRENDS
2009-10
2010-11
= TWO-YEAR COLLEGES
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
= FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
$8,000
$6,000
$4,000
$2,000
$0
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
SOURCES: State Council for Higher Education, Virginia Community College System
to do as well as introduced me to a lot of really great people who

helped me make those things happen, Schutter says. Everyone
was incredibly helpful to [assist] with the transfer.
In Virginia, 23 community colleges have agreements with
more than 30 public and private four-year insitutions in the
state that guarantee acceptance if students graduate with an
associates degree and a minimum grade point average. Most of
these agreements have taken shape within the past decade, and
students are taking advantage.
For colleges, the programs show that the transfer students

are equipped to succeed.
We already know theyve been good college students, says
David Lesesne, vice president for enrollment, dean of admissions
and financial aid at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. It
makes sense that we would want to invite them to our campus.
Randolph-Macon has transfer agreements in the metro
Richmond area with schools including Reynolds Community
College and with Richard Bland. Randolph-Macon had
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previously accepted community college
transfers, but it was as if we were reinventing the wheel with each student,
says Lesesne.
Randolph-Macon has since streamlined
the process by developing relationships
with staff at feeder colleges such as
Richard Bland.
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Exceptional students
To help its students succeed. Bland has
enacted an initiative, the Exceptional
Student Experience. Key players in the
initiative are learner mentors, staff members with masters degrees in student
advising. The mentors work closely with
the students and know details such as
which credits students need for the different schools and majors they are hoping
to transfer to and can therefore support
students by making recommendations for
class registration.
A key tool for the mentor is a data
system called Portal, says Debbie L.
Sydow, Richard Blands president. The
system tracks student attendance, behaviors in residential halls, test grades, and
more. It alerts mentors when grades are
falling or if a course doesnt line up with
a four-year college transfer program the
student is targeting.
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I like to call it a GPS for students,

Sydow says. Were breaking down the
college experience for the students so that
at the first sign of trouble, we can get them
back onto the pathway to graduation.
The school attributes an increase in its
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RBC monitors its students performances to keep them

on track to graduate.
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student retention rates to its investment

in technology and staff. The retention rate
increased 5 percent from fall semester to
spring semester in the past school year
and RBC projects a 20 percent increase
overall from the start of the previous
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Were breaking
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the pathway to
graduation.
Debbie L. Sydow,
Richard Bland College president
school year to the current year. Improved

retention rate means more student successes, which are defined by acceptance
into four-year schools.
Four-year colleges and universities are
also making adjustments to ease transfers.
For example, Virginia Commonwealth
University has aligned some of its curricula to RBC course offerings. This program-to-program articulation helps
ensure that the students and the schools
dont lose time or money. One such program-to-program model that RBC and
VCU have perfected is for a bachelors
degree in clinical lab science.
Students know exactly what courses
to take at the community college and what
junior year and senior year courses
they ultimately need to take at VCU,
Sydow says.
More and more rising high school
seniors are taking notice of innovative
programs like this. Community college
enrollment rates in Virginia have
increased from 108,000 in 2008-2009
school year to 116,000 in the 2014-2015
school year according to the Virginia
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In addition, financial aid is usually
waiting on the other side from the fouryear institutions, and via Virginias College
Transfer Grant Program, for students who
have completed an associates degree with
a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. This is
particularly helpful for students who are
middle-income and ineligible for federal
Pell Grants, Finnegan says. Those dedicated transfer specialists on four-year college staffs also assist in finding and securing these options if needed.
We look at their credits, map out the
road to a bachelors, and then figure out
the financial aid, Lesesne says. The predetermined agreements and knowledgeable staff on both sides help this process
even more.
The benefit to the community college,
four-year school and the student is a rare
win-win-win, Lesesne says. He says
Randolph-Macon is exploring developing
new partnerships with two-year colleges
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TECH
in Every Corner
From iPads to iris scanners, high-tech
permeates college life / By Austin Walker
mily, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, wakes up

in Johnson Hall on a sunny Monday morning. She flips open her
laptop without getting out of bed and joins a hundred other students for a live online lecture with one of her instructors. She
goes out for breakfast, scanning her iris at Shafer Court Dining
Center to get access to the buffet. When she goes to another class around lunchtime, shell use an app on her phone to answer questions the instructor is projecting on multiple screens in the lecture hall. On her way to lunch, shell stop
by the library to rent a DSLR camera and download Photoshop for one of her
assignments. In the evening, shell scan her palm to get access to the gym to climb
the rock wall with some friends. Later, shes back to her dorm, where she can
watch Game of Thrones courtesy of an HBO Go subscription provided through
the university.
This isnt an out-of-the-ordinary student life. If youre looking for a hub of
cutting-edge consumer and commercial tech aimed at amplifying learning and
leisure, look no further than the dining halls, gyms, classrooms and common
leges and universities.
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sound systems.
In the classrooms, students are often
expected to bring their own smartphones
and laptops in addition to their textbooks.
Those costs can be allayed, however.
Instead of buying the equipment outright,
students are able to rent laptops, iPads and
DSLR cameras through the university
library at many schools. Using the librarys
computers, youre also given access to 3D
modeling, photo manipulation and video
editing software worth hundreds of dollars. While the cost of these tools are ultimately placed on students through fees
or tuition, it allows them to create videos,
collaborate remotely with their peers,
design software and complete other assignments that c ould p otentially b e
cost-prohibitive.
The designers here in the (Student
Media Center) are able to use exceptionally high quality scanners, high resolution
Macs, reliable internet and a 24-hour
secure space where they can collaborate,
says Mark Jeffries, the production manager at VCUs Student Media Center.
But the tech wonders and amenities
come with a price, which is often passed
on to the students through a library fee,
a technology fee, or similar add-ons. For
the current school year, VCU students pay
a $30 library fee and a $41.50 technology
fee. At the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville, the tech fee is $190.
Sometimes, students question the efficacy of the technology, such as VCUs
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KEVIN REMINGTON/WASHINGTON AND LEE; ASH DANIEL
Here in Richmond, VCU is striving to

distinguish its campus life by employing
this model of tech in every corner.
With its Break Point entertainment
center in the basement of the student commons, students can game on current-generation consoles, 42-inch televisions, billiards and air hockey tables. Laundry
rooms in the dorms are fitted with alert
systems so students can check the washer
and dryer availability before leaving their
apartment.
At Christopher Newport University
in Newport News, students pay more than
$3,300 each semester for housing in dorms
that are equipped with fireplaces in the
lobbies and study lounges with flatscreens TVs that have HDMI hookups and
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Clockwise from left: Biomechanical engineering students

prepare a vehicle for a rollover test at the University of
Virginia; a class in session at Washington and Lee Universitys Global Learning Center; and Mary Sprague uses an
iris scanner at the Shafer Court Dining Center at Virginia
Commonwealth University.
All of this cutting-edge technology

and new construction plays a key
role in how a school is perceived.
recent purchase of $31,500 iris scanners
for the Shafer Court Dining Center. It was
pitched as a solution to long lines at the
buffet-style cafeteria.
Im paying so much out of pocket for
all these gadgets that I havent even used
since I came here says Davis Earney, a
sophomore at VCU. I dont think Ive ever
even seen someone use the iris scanners
at Shafer.
VCU, like most universities, has an

extensive network of student organizations that all have particular needs, and
oftentimes require a range of technology.
In the Student Media Center, a number
of different publications and broadcast
channels utilize a portion of the universitys Student Activity Fee to download
software, use recording studios and purchase equipment. The fee was $54 in 2014,
and was paid by each full-time student at

the university its distributed among
various student organizations including
the Student Government Association and
Greek life.
All of this cutting-edge technology and
new construction plays a key role in how
a school is perceived.
Abby Himes is a high school senior
from Chesapeake whos deciding between
UVA, Virginia Tech and CNU. She says
on a summer visit to Virginia Tech in
Blacksburg that the universitys business
school, gym and student center were
impressive, but they werent going to
make the decision for her. [The campus]
looked very new and they tried to show
off the new technology, but my tour guide
really tried to emphasize community,
Himes says. But, me being an athlete, a
school with a nice gym is going to be high
on the agenda.
Much of the new construction is aimed
at aiding research opportunities for students. Schools attract students looking to
study a STEM-related field by constructing facilities like the California Institute
of Technologys Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
in which they collaborate with NASA.
One of Virginia Techs latest construction
projects the $95.2 million Goodwin Hall
is fitted with more than 40 laboratories,
eight classrooms and 150 offices.
In a news release after the halls construction, the dean of Virginia Techs
College of Engineering, Richard Benson,
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said the importance of Goodwin Hall to
the continued growth and excellence of
our college cannot be overstated.
And that sentiment can be mirrored
in some of the universitys touring and
incoming students, like high school junior
Elijah Reeds from Durham, North Carolina,
who was on campus in July with his
family for a tour. Some of the buildings
made me feel really small, but it felt like
somewhere where people were doing awesome things and I feel like I want to be a
part of that, Reeds says.
This need to be distinct and impressive
is crucial for Virginia Tech, an East Coast
research institute that has to compete with
the likes of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
and Cornell University but what about
small Virginia liberal arts institutes like
Washington and Lee University in
Lexington? With a heavy emphasis on
pre-law and liberal arts education, the
school recently invested $13.5 million into
a global learning center complete with an
international tea shop and instructional
laboratories. When construction for the
center began, W&L stated in a news
release that it will utilize groundbreaking
technologies in an effort to create a sense
of international connectivity.
As tech becomes more affordable and
widespread, its understandable to see
more of it in the library and on a syllabus. At the same time, people like Ohio
University professor Richard K. Vedder
look at the construction and think its a
ploy. In an interview with the New York
Times, Vedder said a lot of the economics
of higher education is for great athletic
centers and spectacular student union
buildings. In the zeal to get students, [universities] are going after them on the basis
of recreational amenities.
If a university solicits donations and
raises fees to put an iPad in the hands of
a few hundred students, then it may be
seen as a frivolous expense. However, if
the university takes the other side, using
dated teaching methods and buildings,
students might be unprepared when they
graduate. Its largely in the hands of the
administration to decide what needs to be
upgraded but the money is in the students pockets.
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Blue Ridge Community College

Cost: $171.05 per credit hour. Weyers Cave,
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Central Virginia Community College

Cost: $153.25 per credit hour. Lynchburg,
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Dabney S. Lancaster Community College

Cost: $149.25 (in-state and military). Clifton
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Cost: $152 per credit. Fredericksburg,
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Cost: $146.75 per credit hour, plus $35 fee
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Cost: $175.40 per credit. Warrenton, Luray,
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Mountain Empire Community College

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Cost: $148.80 per credit. Dublin,
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Cost: $177.25 per credit. Multiple locations,
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Cost: $148.40 per credit hour. Smithfield,
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Tuition: $137.75 per credit hour. Warsaw,
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Cost: $148.75 per credit. Multiple locations,
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Virginia Highlands Community College

Cost: $149.25 per credit. Abingdon,
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Cost: $169.74 per credit. Roanoke,
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averett.edu;
(800) 283-7388
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(800) 872-0176
bridgewater.edu;
(540) 828-8000
christendom.edu;
(540) 636-2900
emu.edu;
(540) 432-4000
ehc.edu;
(276) 944-4121
ferrum.edu;
(540) 365-2121
hsc.edu;
(434) 223-6000
hamptonu.edu;
(757) 727-5000
hollins.edu;
(800) 456-9595
liberty.edu;
(434) 582-2000
lynchburg.edu;
(434) 544-8100
randolphcollege.edu;
(434) 947-8000
rmc.edu;
752-7200
regent.edu;
(800) 373-5504
roanoke.edu;
(540) 375-2500
su.edu;
(540) 665-4500
svu.edu
(540) 261-8400
sbc.edu;
(434) 381-6100
richmond.edu;
289-8000
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Christendom College
Front Royal
Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg
Emory and Henry College

Emory
Ferrum College
Ferrum
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney
Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia Beach, Roanoke
Hollins University
Roanoke
Liberty University
Lynchburg
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
mbc.edu;
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton; multiple locations in Virginia (540) 887-7019
marymount.edu;
(703) 284-1500
Averett University
Danville; multiple locations
Marymount University
Arlington
Randolph College
Lynchburg
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Regent University
Virginia Beach
Roanoke College
Salem
Shenandoah University
Winchester
Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar
University of Richmond
Richmond
$35,650
$22,000
$36,200
$23,992
$42,368
$31,800
$33,500
$34,060
$23,990
$32,240
$23,600
$31,980
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1,418
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23,363
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$35,800
$15,300
$30,132
$39,720
$16,000
$37,630
$36,160
$28,900
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14,500
802
4,269
1,087
1,334
1,038
1,870
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1,834
1,006
1,900
$60,880
$49,060
$22,410
$40,122
$54,239
$25,180
$47,850
$48,740
$41,120
$39,865
$44,970
$29,500
$49,000
$34,676
$56,684
$42,480
$44,700
$44,860
$33,720
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University of Richmond ranked 23rd for Best Value Schools among national liberal arts colleges and 30th among the nations Best Liberal Arts Colleges (U.S. News & World Report 2015).
Emphasizes achievement through a customized education that combines liberal arts and sciences. An ABET-accredited engineering program. Nationally recognized e uestrian program.
Southern V rg n a Un vers ty s the only l beral arts un vers ty w th a

Mormon church env ronment.
Emphasizes liberal arts and career preparation through personalized attention and small
classes.
Ranked as the No. 4 Up and Coming national liberal-arts college by U.S. News & World
Report. Roanoke is also featured in The Princeton Review.
Regent University is one of only 23 universities in the U.S. to receive an A rating by ACTA, and its
online bachelors degree programs are ranked 10th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report (2015).
Nationally ranked liberal arts, Four- ear Degree Guarantee program; EDGE career program; anuary
term; scholarships affordability; internships; research; study abroad; emphasis on graduate success.
Emphasizes liberal-arts education in a diverse student environment.
Marymount is a comprehensive Catholic university. Undergraduate programs combine the

liberal arts with career preparation. Graduate programs in a wide array of disciplines.
Richmond center offers coed adult and graduate programs; residential college for women emphasizes leadership, community.
Emphasizes strong liberal-arts tradition. Seventy-two percent of students receive need-based

financial aid.
Emphasizes higher education within a Christian evangelical context. Large online enrollment.
Emphasizes liberal-arts education with career preparation. 4-1-4 academic calendar includes a anuary term. Coed graduate programs.
Ranked 27th among Southern regional universities (U.S. News & World Report 2013).
Designated a military friendly school. Historically black university founded in 1868.
Founded in 1775. Liberal-arts program with a strong emphasis on rhetoric and pre-professional
education. Now with the Wilson Center for Leadership.
Offers a range of professional and liberal-arts degrees; ranked 47th among Regional Colleges in
the South (U.S. News & World Report 2014)
Recognized as one of Loren Popes Colleges That Change Lives. More Virginia Professors of
the ear than any other college or university in the state.
Emphasizes Christian liberal-arts education. Nearly 100 percent of students receive financial
aid. Since 1982, all students complete a cross-cultural study re uirement.
Emphasizes Catholicism as a foundation for liberal-arts education coupled with personalized

attention and a commitment to aiding students in post-grad success.
Liberal-arts college featuring personalized attention and a challenging environment.

About 99 percent of students receive financial assistance.
Accelerated degree completion program available. Emphasizes liberal arts education in a

Christian context.
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(276) 328-0102
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(434) 395-2000
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Norfolk
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Ranked 14th among Liberal Arts Colleges (U.S. News & World Report). Undergraduate program
includes Williams School of Commerce.
Emphasizes strong liberal-arts education, personal attention and affiliation with the United
Methodist Church.
Emphasizes African-American heritage, diversity and excellence in education.
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Ranked No. 27 nationally among public universities and No. 69 among all national universities
(U.S. News & World Report 2013-14).
Ranked 92nd among regional universities in the South; named nations top-ranked, masters
level HBCU in 2007 and 2008 (U.S. News & World Report).
The nations first state supported military college. Division 1 sports teams. Ranked 82nd
amongnational liberal arts colleges (U.S. News & World Report 2016).
VCU is a top 50 American public research university perThe Center for Measuring University
Performance. No. 1 public graduate arts school (U.S. News & World Report).
Was ranked as one of thelowest debt loads of any public liberal arts college in the nation,
according to U.S. News & World Report.U.Va.-Wise has been among the top three for more
than a decade.
U.S. News & World Report No. 3 best public university; No. 2 best national university; Kiplinger No.
3 best value public university.
UMWnameda best buy by the Fiske Guide to colleges for the seventh consecutive year for
its 2017 guide.
Richard Bland College of William & Mary provides a rich learning experience at a reasonable
cost for students preparing for transfer to highly ranked colleges and universities.
Ranked No. 34 among regional universities in the South (U.S. News & World Report 2014).
Named one of the Best Value Colleges by the Princeton Review in 2013 & 2014.
70 bachelors degrees, 54 masters degrees, 42 doctoral degrees, two educational specialist

degrees and over 70 degree programs by satellite, online, video-streaming and CD-ROM.
Ranked 34th among historically black colleges & universities (U.S. News & World Report 2013);
Schools of business, science, engineering and technology, and education.
Ranked 11th among public regional universities in the South (U.S. News & World Report 2015).
A top 10 University in the South (U.S. News & World Report 2016).
Ranked 10th among up-and-coming universities (U.S. News & World Report 2013); 21st Best
Value Public College (Kiplingers).
Ranked 34th among national universities (U.S. News & World Report 2016).
A top 5 medium-sized school in the South (Forbes Magazine).
Last updated July 2016. To suggest an update to this listing, please contact special projects editor Nicole Cohen at 355-0111 or nicolec@richmag.com.
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Virginia Wesleyan College
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Adult Programs and Professional Schools for Furthering Education
Adult Education
(Richmond region only)
Averett University
Cost: Call for details. Evening classes for
accelerated undergraduate or graduate degrees in business, education and
criminal justice. Online classes available.
4880 Cox Road, Suite 101, Glen Allen,
877-801-5568 or www.averett.edu.
Bluefield College
Cost: $365 per credit hour. Bachelors
degree programs for 14 majors online.
Graduate degrees for licensed teachers
who are currently employed. Cost: $465
per credit. 3000 College Ave., Bluefield,
800-872-0176 or bluefield.edu.
Catholic Distance University
Cost: $165 per credit for continuing education courses; $305 per credit
for undergraduates; $450 per credit for
graduates. Distance learning courses
for AA in Catholic studies, BA in theology and graduate degrees theology.
120 E. Colonial Highway, Hamilton,
888-254-4238, ext. 700, or cdu.edu.
Community College Workforce Alliance
Cost: Call for details. Workplace training courses in the Greater Richmond
region as a partnership between
John Tyler Community College and
Reynolds Community College. 1651 E.
Parham Road. Contact Mac McGinty
at 523-2280 or ccwatraining.org.
John Tyler Community College
Cost: $146.75 per credit hour; call for
program details. Online associates
degrees in a variety of disciplines. Teacher
recertification programs available.
13101 Jefferson Davis Highway, 7964000; Midlothian campus, 800 Charter
Colony Parkway, 594-1400 or jtcc.edu.
Lifelong Learning Institute
Cost: Call for details. Academic
and fitness classes for ages 50 and
older 13801 Westfield Road, 3782527 or llichesterfield.org.
Mary Baldwin College in Richmond
Cost: Call for details. Bachelors degrees
in more than 15 majors. Teacher licensure.
Education masters in teaching, education.
Certificate programs in business management, health care administration, entrepreneurship, human resource management,
leadership studies, and long term care.
1504 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 202, 282-9111
or mbc.edu/adultdegree/richmond/.
Old Dominion University
Distance Learning Program
Cost: $325 per credit hour for undergraduates; $478 per credit hour for graduates.
Bachelors, masters and doctorates in more
than 80 disciplines. Graduate level certificates available. ODU at Reynolds, 523-5167;
ODU at John Tyler, 796-4463 or dl.odu.edu.
Reynolds Community College

Cost: $158.85 per credit hour; visit website for program details. 1651 E. Parham
Road; downtown campus, 700 E. Jackson
St.; Goochland campus, 1851 Dickinson
Road, 371-3000 or reynolds.edu.
Strayer University
Cost: $1,420 for undergraduates; $2,450 for
graduates. Associate to masters degrees
in business, information technology and
more. 11501 Nuckols Road, Glen Allen,
527-1000; 2820 Waterford Lake Drive, Suite
100, Midlothian, 763-6300 or strayer.edu.
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Cost: $1,410 per course. Graduate programs in biblical and theological studies,
ministry and Christian education. 3401
Brook Road, 278-4221 or upsem.edu.
University of Phoenix
Cost: Call for details. Undergraduate,
graduate and doctoral programs including business, social and behavioral science, education, health sciences, technology and nursing. 9750 W. Broad St.,
Glen Allen, 281-3900 or phoenix.edu.
University of Richmond, Robins
School of Business
Cost: $1,410 per semester hour for MBA
students; call for details. Fully accredited
MBA, continuing education for business
executives. 289-8019 (executive education), 289-8553 (MBA program), 289-8550
(main office) or robins.richmond.edu.
University of Richmond, School of
Professional and Continuing Studies
Cost: Call for details. Evening and
weekend undergraduate and masters
courses in education, liberal arts, information systems and more. Also offers
the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
289-8133 or spcs.richmond.edu.
University of Virginia Richmond Center
Cost: $380 per credit hour for undergraduates, $458 per credit hour for
graduates; call for details. Bachelors
degree completion programs, graduate certificate programs, custom education programs. 2810 N. Parham Road,
Suite 300, 662-7464 or scps.virginia.edu.
Virginia Center on Aging at Virginia
Commonwealth University
Cost: Call for details. Lifelong-learning
programs for 55 and older. Road Scholar
programs available. $150 dues for
year-long membership. 730 E. Broad
St., 828-1525 or vcu.edu/vcoa.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Cost: Call for details. Evening courses
in dozens of degree and certificate programs. Executive MBA program. 301 W.
Main St., 828-3622 or business.vcu.edu/
graduate-studies/executive-mba. Also
post-grad teacher-license programs.
1015 W. Main St., 827-2670 or soe.vcu.
edu; graduate-school office, 1001 Grove
Ave., 828-6916 or graduate.vcu.edu.
Virginia State University

Cost: Call for details. The Bachelor of
Individualized Studies degree draws on
courses from the universitys five undergraduate schools. Master of Interdisciplinary
Studies also offered. 1 Hayden Drive,
Petersburg, 524-5000 or vsu.edu.
Virginia Tech Richmond Center
Cost: Call for details. Graduate degrees,
professional development programs, continuing education and certificate programs,
including leadership management development, education and public administration. 2810 N. Parham Road, Suite 300,
662-7288 or www.richmond.vt.edu.
Virginia Union University
Cost: Call for details. Evening business courses, theology courses, and
teacher licensure programs. 1500 N.
Lombardy St., 257-5600 or vuu.edu.
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Cost: Call for details. Workshops and
intensives for ages 18 and older in clay,
digital images and design, drawing,
printmaking, painting, and more. 1812
W. Main St., 353-0094 or visarts.org.
VMFA Studio School
Cost: Call for details. Classes for ages
16 and older in creative writing, drawing, printmaking, painting, pottery,
design, fiber arts and yoga. 2911 Grove
Ave., 367-0816 or vmfa.museum.
Professional Schools
(Richmond region only)
Bryant & Stratton College

Cost: Call for details. Degree programs in
business, design, health care, hospitality, legal
services and technology. 8141 Hull Street
Road, 745-2444 or bryantstratton.edu.

Culinard Culinary Institute
of Virginia College
Cost: Call for details. Culinary Arts and
Pastry Arts programs. 7200 Midlothian
Turnpike, 877-858-6529 or culinard.com.

ECPI University
Cost: Call for details. Programs in technology,
business and criminal justice, nursing, health
science, culinary arts and more. (South Side)
800 Moorefield Park Drive, 330-5533; (West
End) 4305 Cox Road, Glen Allen, 934-0100;
(health science campus) 2809 Emerywood
Parkway, Suite 400, 521-5999 or ecpi.edu.
South University
Cost: Call for details. Programs in health
care, nursing, criminal justice, business,
public relations, professional counseling and psychology, theology, pharmacy
and more. 2151 Old Brick Road, Glen
Allen, 727-6800 or southuniversity.edu.
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Nicole Cohen at 355-0111 or nicolec@richmag.com.
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