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Information Summary

Ranks 420th overall and 12th in Virginia

Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas

Reported area around or near Lexington, VA 24450-0304

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

Undergraduate	Arts & sciences plus professions, no graduate coexistence
Graduate	N/A
Undergraduate Population	Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
Enrollment	Exclusively undergraduate four-year
Size & Setting	Small four-year, highly residential

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Campus Crime Statistics

Ranks 378th on StateUniversity.com‘s Safe School Index

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Virginia Military Institute?

Ranks 454th for total cost of attendance

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

	In District	In State	Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees	$8,666  $10,048	$8,666  $10,048	$22,866  $25,892

	Cost (regardless of residency)
Books & Supplies	$775  $775
On-Campus – Room & Board	$5,666  $6,108
On-Campus – Other Expenses	$1,800  $1,800
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board	N/A  N/A
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses	N/A  N/A
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board	N/A  N/A

Admission Details

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Virginia Military Institute use for admissions?

= Required, = Recommended, = Neither required nor recommended

Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record	/ /
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demo	N/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other tests	N/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Virginia Military Institute accept?

Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity	1,389
Meals per Week	21
Room Fee	$1,854
Board Fee	$4,254

Student Financial Aid Details

How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

Virginia Military Institute Ranks 2642nd for the average student loan amount.

	Average	Users	% of Attendees
Federal Grant Aid	$7,826	92	24%
State & Local Grant Aid	$4,828	54	14%
Institutional Grant Aid	$8,520	186	48%
Student Loan Aid	$4,031	139	36%
Any financial aid type		294	75%

Student Enrollment Demographics

How many students are enrolled at Virginia Military Institute?

Student Graduation Demographics

How many students graduated at Virginia Military Institute?

Most Popular Fields of Study

The top 5 fields of study completed at Virginia Military Institute.

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?

Applied Mathematics						2		2
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	1	3	1	1		15		21
Chemistry, General						8		8
Civil Engineering, General	1					20		21
Computer Science			1			7		8
Economics, General	2	4	1	1		46		54
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	1					7		8
English Language and Literature, General						15		15
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	1			1		9		11
History, General			1	1		58		60
International Relations and Affairs	1			1		36		38
Mechanical Engineering	1	1	1	1		36		40
Physics, General						5		5
Psychology, General		3		2		29		34
Total	8	11	5	8		293		325

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Virginia Military Institute Ranks 527th for the average full-time faculty salary.

Tenure system
Average FT Salary	$70,210 ($71,522 male / $63,141 female)
Number of FT Faculty	115 (97 male / 18 female)
Number of PT Faculty	22
FT Faculty Ratio	5 : 1
Total Benefits	$2,684,298

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Virginia Military Institute Summary

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The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state military college in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles, and unlike any other state military college in the country, all students at VMI are military cadets pursuing undergraduate degrees. VMI offers cadets a spartan, physically demanding environment combined with strict military discipline. For example, VMI cadets have the flexibility of accepting a commission in any of the five military service branches, or pursuing civilian endeavors upon graduation. VMI cadets pursue bachelor’s degrees in 14 disciplines in the fields of engineering, science, and the liberal arts. VMI is known for the financial support of its alumni — in a 1999 study by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, VMI’s $290 million endowment was the largest per-student endowment of any public undergraduate college in the United States. VMI’s Mission Statement: It is the mission of the Virginia Military Institute to produce educated and honorable men and women, prepared for the varied work of civil life, imbued with love of learning, confident in the functions and attitudes of leadership, possessing a high sense of public service, advocates of the American Democracy and free enterprise system, and ready as citizen-soldiers to defend their country in time of national peril. VMI Cadets were called into active military service on 14 different occasions during the American Civil War and many cadets, under the leadership of General Stonewall Jackson, were sent to Camp Lee, at Richmond, to train recruits. On May 15, 1864, VMI cadets fought as an independent unit at the Battle of New Market. VMI is the only military college or military academy in the nation that holds this distinction and is therefore the only school authorized to “fix bayonets” during parades. With that order, history was made and the cadet corps from VMI charged into battle. Because of the heroic and unprecedented actions of the VMI cadets, the Union troops were defeated and Confederate troops under General Breckinridge held the Shenandoah Valley. The ten fallen cadets are buried on VMI grounds behind the statue, “Virginia Mourning Her Dead” by sculptor Moses Ezekiel, a VMI graduate who was also injured in the Battle of New Market. Next to the Barracks are offices and meeting areas for VMI clubs and organizations, the cadet visitors center and lounge, a snack bar, and a Barnes & Under this capital campaign, VMI’s alumni and supporters raised over $275 million over three years in order to maintain VMI’s standing as America’s premier state military college. The Barracks are being expanded to house 1,500 cadets, all academic buildings are being renovated and modernized, and VMI is spending an additional $200 million to build the VMI Center for Leadership and Ethics. The new Leadership Center will be used by VMI cadets, Washington and Lee University students, and other students throughout the country and abroad to develop leadership abilities combined with a focus on integrity and honor to benefit tomorrow’s world. Within four months of graduation, on average, 97 percent of VMI graduates are serving in the military, employed, or admitted to graduate or professional schools. VMI has graduated more Rhodes Scholars than all the other state “military colleges” in the United States combined, graduating ten Rhodes Scholars since 1921. Also in 2007, US News ranked VMI’s Civil Engineering program ninth, and its overall Engineering program 31st in the United States among colleges offering up to a master’s degree. VMI was the only state military college in the country named a “College of Distinction” in 2007 by Student Horizons, Inc. In many ways, life at VMI today is little changed from life at VMI in 1839. New cadets at VMI have an average SAT score of nearly 1200 and an average high school GPA of 3.39. Eligibility is not restricted to Virginia residents, although it is more difficult to gain an appointment as a non-resident, as VMI has a goal that no more than 45 percent of cadets come from outside Virginia. These fees can be misleading, because VMI’s endowment enables VMI to meet a substantial amount of a cadets’s financial need before the cadet needs loans. During the freshman year, Rats continue to undergo training from the most highly skilled cadets at VMI, known as “the Cadre”. In addition to the Ratline, VMI has other traditions that are emblematic of the school and its history including the new cadet oath ceremony, the pagentry of close-order marching, and the nightly playing of “Taps”. Every year, VMI honors its fallen cadets with a New Market Day parade and ceremony. The requirement that all first-year cadets eat in the mess hall was the basis for a lawsuit in 2002 when two cadets sued VMI over the prayer said before dinner. While at VMI, Ezekiel fought with the VMI cadets at the Battle of New Market. While it is not known when the first Muslim cadet graduated from VMI, there were several that were in the Corps during the 1990’s who went on to graduate and pursue careers in the military as well as the private sector. VMI has traditionally enrolled cadets from the militaries of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of China (Taiwan) annually. Graduates have gone on to pursue graduate degrees after VMI at prestigious universities throughout the United States before returning to their countries to continue their military service. VMI was the last U.S. military college to admit women. VMI excluded women from the Corps of Cadets until 1997. (Justice Clarence Thomas did not vote because his son was attending VMI at the time.) Following the ruling, VMI contemplated going private to exempt itself from the 14th Amendment, and thus avoid the ruling. In August 1997, VMI enrolled its first female cadets, 30 women who would be held to the same strict physical courses and technical training as the male cadets. VMI believes firmly in “one corps, one standard” and, unlike any other state military college, VMI has not adopted overt “gender-normed” physical training standards. The VMI Board of Visitors has set a goal of having 70 percent of VMI cadets take a commission by 2015. VMI has graduated 265 General and Flag Officers, more than any other state military college in the United States, including the first five-star General of the Army, George Marshall. Approximately one-third of the Corps of Cadets plays on at least one of VMI’s intercollegiate athletic teams, making it one of the most active athletic programs in the country. Of the VMI athletes who complete their eligibility, 92 percent receive their VMI diplomas.

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