Virginia University of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA · Private · Small city · VUL
Private institution in Lynchburg, VA · 170 undergraduates · $28,396 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Pell Grant share
- Top 10%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 25%In-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $18,184910th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,248510th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $9,248211th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $25,548718th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $24,2501,156th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $28,3961,894th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $24,7181,854th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 26.1%1,839th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 75.0%966th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1701,893rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12.0:1782nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 78.5%61st highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 142 mi (IAD)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 5 of 5 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBusiness | bachelors | — | $21,964 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| SociologySocial Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- A Historically Black College or University (HBCU)source
- Religious affiliation: Baptistsource
- Founded in 1886source
- School colors: #2A344E and #579FD3source
- Athletic nickname: "Dragons"source
- Motto: "Sibi Auxilium et Libertas / (Self Help and Freedom)"source
- Formerly known as "Lynchburg Baptist Seminary" (1886–1890)source
- Formerly known as "Virginia Seminary" (1890–1900)source
- Formerly known as "Virginia Theological Seminary and College" (1900–1962)source
- Formerly known as "Virginia Seminary and College" (1962–1996)source
- Athletic conference: National Christian College Athletic Associationsource
Athletics — 3 sports
NCCAA Division I · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $70,251 (M $51,451 · W $18,800)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Virginia University of Lynchburg’s 170 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In VA
- Centra CollegeLynchburg, VA · 212 undergrads
- Sentara College of Health SciencesChesapeake, VA · 239 undergrads
- Ascent CollegeGainesville, VA · 85 undergrads
- Washington University of Science and TechnologyVienna, VA · 302 undergrads
- University of Management and TechnologyArlington, VA · 322 undergrads
- Riverside College of Health CareersNewport News, VA · 325 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Calvary UniversityKansas City, MO · 170 undergrads
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel AleksanderBrooklyn, NY · 169 undergrads
- Manna UniversityFayetteville, NC · 169 undergrads
- Appalachian Bible CollegeMount Hope, WV · 168 undergrads
- Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY · 172 undergrads
- PCI CollegeCerritos, CA · 168 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitevul.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 234137)
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- Compare with Centra CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Virginia University of Lynchburg vs Centra CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 3 EADA programs at this school
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