University of Richmond
Private College in University of Richmond, VA. Six-year graduation rate 85%. Median 10-year earnings $76,178.
Students who entered University of Richmond reach a median of $76,178 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 85% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $21,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 85% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
University of Richmond admits just 22% of applicants, placing it among the most selective undergraduate institutions in the country. 16,152 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. About 24% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 19% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 700–750 | 156 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 710–780 | |
| ACT Composite | 33–35 | 117 (14%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at University of Richmond →Academics
A 85% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 91%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,002 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $30,037 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,808 at the $0–30k band to $49,892 at $110k+. 78% of students receive grant aid, averaging $42,468 — common but not automatic. About 32% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 832 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,808 |
| $30–48k | $6,507 |
| $48–75k | $15,553 |
| $75–110k | $22,021 |
| $110k+ | $49,892 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 967 of these 3,002 students, totalling $5,961,726 — an average of $6,165 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Richmond City) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)