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Last week we reviewed the outstanding Spelman College that crushed the buildings with a new top rating of 9.8. That's going to be a hard act to follow.
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Virginia State University is one of the early land grant schools founded by states for Black students. As chronicled earlier, the Second Morrill Act (1890) for land grant colleges required the colleges to either be integrated or separate land grant colleges set up for the benefit of Blacks. Virginia State was established before the Morrill Act by the legislature but eventually benefited from land grant status. Located near Richmond in Petersburg, VSU is a well recognized HBCU and has some of the most outstanding alumni for a public HBCU.
Virginia State's founding was a unique circumstance in a very narrow window of time for post-Reconstruction Virginia politics. Between 1880-1884, the dominant White Democrats lost control of the state to the Readjuster Party--a coalition of White and Black Virginians who opposed the historic planter elites and wanted to reduce state debt. Many liberal reforms such as the end of the poll tax, staffing of Black public schools with Black teachers and the founding of Virginia State were accomplished in this period. Federal land grant funds originally were allocated to Hampton but later went to VSU as a public institution.
Founded: 1882
City, State: Petersburg, VA
Type: 4-Year, Public
Nickname: Trojans
Enrollment and percent Black enrollment: 4,300 (3,899 undergraduate), 93% Black
Part-time student percentage: 6%
First Generation Student Percentage: 34%
Percentage of students from households under $30k/over $100k: 48% / 8%
Out of State Percentage: 37%
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13:1
Admissions Acceptance Rate: 96%
4-yr/6-yr graduation rates: 31% / 48%
Transfer out rate: 27%
Male/Female percentages (Female:Male Ratio): 40% male/60% female (1.5:1)
Tuition: In-state: $9k, Out-of-state: $21k
Median Federal Debt After Graduation: $27k
Median Parent PLUS Loans After Graduation: $20k
Median Earning 10-Years after 10 years from freshman year: $42k
Median Earnings for specific majors after 3 years after graduation:
Mechanical Engineering: $60k, Business Administration: $41k, Liberal Arts: $40k, Psychology: $40k
Top Majors by Degrees:
Busines Administration, Psychology, Communications, Criminal Justice, Biology, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering
Endowment: ~$50-60M (including $30M from MacKenzie Scott)
Alumni Engagement: 4% alumni giving rate
Athletic Conference: CIAA (NCAA Div II)
Mascot: Trojans
Main Campus
College of Engineering
Rogers Stadium
VSU Multipurpose Center (Basketball/Volleyball Gym)
VSU Trojan Explosion Marching Band
Virginia State University Woo Woos
Trojan Fire Dance Team
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