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Top Universities in Virginia (state)

Introduction

What are the top universities in the US state of Virginia? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 uniRank University Ranking of 41 Virginia higher education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United States
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Virginia universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the universities themselves.

2026 Virginia University Ranking


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# University Town
33 University of Virginia Charlottesville
44 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg
60 George Mason University Fairfax
110 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond
135 Liberty University Lynchburg
142 College of William & Mary Williamsburg
149 Old Dominion University Norfolk
160 James Madison University Harrisonburg
183 University of Richmond Richmond
284 Washington and Lee University Lexington
378 Radford University Radford
445 Regent University Virginia Beach
456 Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar
501 Christopher Newport University Newport News
517 University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg
602 Virginia Military Institute Lexington
678 Longwood University Farmville
689 Roanoke College Salem
739 Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg
740 Norfolk State University Norfolk
743 Shenandoah University Winchester
750 Virginia State University Petersburg
760 Marymount University Arlington
833 University of Lynchburg Lynchburg
883 Hollins University Roanoke
900 Bridgewater College Bridgewater
907 Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney
932 ECPI University Virginia Beach
1012 Randolph-Macon College Ashland
1035 Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia Beach
1073 Ferrum College Ferrum
1106 Hampton University Hampton
1110 Emory and Henry University Emory
1159 Virginia Union University Richmond
1171 Mary Baldwin University Staunton
1310 Randolph College Lynchburg
1320 Averett University Danville
1370 The University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise
1439 Bluefield University Bluefield
1462 Southern Virginia University Buena Vista
1643 Appalachian College of Pharmacy Oakwood
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