Graduate Programs at Virginia Best Colleges

Graduate Programs Comparison at 10 Virginia Best Colleges

The next table lists the 10 best Graduate Programs at Virginia Best Colleges out of 37 schools. The average graduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,336 for academic year 2022-2023. The average graduate student population is 3,465 and the schools offer 120 major programs (programs for master and doctorate) in average.

Washington and Lee University has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $47,437, and Sweet Briar College has the lowest graduate costs of $11,400.
George Mason University has the most graduate students of 11,746, and Sweet Briar College has the lowest number of graduate students of 2.
George Mason University offers the most graduate programs (293 programs), and Christopher Newport University has the smallest number of graduate programs of 26 programs.

Graduate Programs at Virginia Best Colleges Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Graduate Tuition & Fees	Graduate Students	Number of Graduate Programs	Number of Online Graduate Programs	Students to Faculty Ratio
1	Washington and Lee UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsLexington, VA	$47,437	381	38 programs	2 programs	8 to 1
2	University of Virginia-Main CampusPublic, 4 yearsCharlottesville, VA	$34,832 ($21,742 Residents)	8,711	215 programs	26 programs	15 to 1
3	University of RichmondPrivate, 4 yearsUniversity of Richmond, VA	$26,280	724	71 programs	-	8 to 1
4	William & MaryPublic, 4 yearsWilliamsburg, VA	$35,136 ($16,776 Residents)	2,974	75 programs	4 programs	12 to 1
5	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityPublic, 4 yearsBlacksburg, VA	$32,433 ($17,083 Residents)	7,519	276 programs	15 programs	14 to 1
7	James Madison UniversityPublic, 4 yearsHarrisonburg, VA	$29,496 ($12,696 Residents)	2,096	98 programs	6 programs	16 to 1
8	Christopher Newport UniversityPublic, 4 yearsNewport News, VA	$22,086 ($12,402 Residents)	112	26 programs	-	13 to 1
10	George Mason UniversityPublic, 4 yearsFairfax, VA	$38,986 ($17,035 Residents)	11,746	293 programs	54 programs	16 to 1
11	Sweet Briar CollegePrivate, 4 yearsSweet Briar, VA	$11,400	2	28 programs	-	10 to 1
14	Eastern Mennonite UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsHarrisonburg, VA	$15,270	384	82 programs	12 programs	11 to 1
	Average	$20,412 Residents $29,336 Out-of-State	3,465	120 programs	17 programs	12.30 to 1

^*The rank in Virginia Ranking. Schools for discontinuous number do not have graduate programs.

^**Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.

^***The tuition is for the academic year 2022-2023 and other statistics is based on 2021-2022 data.