Colleges and International Students in Virginia

Where international students come from

In 10/2026, Virginia had 29,813 active F and M students. The table lists the 15 largest countries and places of origin. STEM counts come from a separate SEVIS STEM table with a different basis, so for a few countries they exceed the total.

International STEM students by level and gender

In 10/2026, 19,551 international students in Virginia were in STEM fields, about 66% of the state's total; 62% men, 38% women

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security SEVIS STEM data (active F and M students in fields on the STEM list). Other includes language, vocational and secondary programs.

International students by year

From 2013 to 2025, international students grew 40% and their share of students went from 2.8% to 3.9%.

Where first-year students come from and go

In fall 2024, colleges in Virginia enrolled 60,322 first-year students from the state and 17,742 from other states; 16,497 first-year students from the state went to college elsewhere.

Colleges in Virginia

All 144 colleges recognized by the US Department of Education; counts are fall enrollment for the 2025 school year.

Rank	School	City	Type	Students	International	International share
#121	George Mason University	Fairfax	Public, 4-year	39,766	4,259	10.7%
#52	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg	Public, 4-year	38,857	4,171	10.7%
#26	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville	Public, 4-year	26,409	2,543	9.6%
—	NNorthern Virginia Community College	Annandale	Public, 2-year	56,457	2,435	4.3%
#156	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Public, 4-year	28,464	1,160	4.1%
—	WWashington University of Science and Technology	Alexandria	Private for-profit, 4-year	1,096	1,020	93.1%
#328	Old Dominion University	Norfolk	Public, 4-year	23,743	761	3.2%
#365	Liberty University	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	104,327	712	0.7%
#52	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg	Public, 4-year	9,818	526	5.4%
—	NNorfolk State University	Norfolk	Public, 4-year	6,053	405	6.7%
LAC #21	University of Richmond	University of Richmond	Private nonprofit, 4-year	3,722	403	10.8%
#276	Marymount University	Arlington	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,060	312	7.7%
—	JJ Sargeant Reynolds Community College	Richmond	Public, 2-year	8,681	262	3.0%
#137	James Madison University	Harrisonburg	Public, 4-year	22,740	260	1.1%
—	TTidewater Community College	Norfolk	Public, 2-year	16,884	215	1.3%
#332	University of Lynchburg	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,316	209	9.0%
—	UUniversity of the Potomac-VA Campus	FALLS CHURCH	Private for-profit, 4-year	551	195	35.4%
#382	Regent University	Virginia Beach	Private nonprofit, 4-year	10,657	182	1.7%
LAC #12	Washington and Lee University	Lexington	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,241	174	7.8%
—	BBrightpoint Community College	Chester	Public, 2-year	9,380	125	1.3%
LAC #128	UUniversity of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg	Public, 4-year	3,826	108	2.8%
—	AAverett University	Danville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,476	96	6.5%
—	Piedmont Virginia Community College	Charlottesville	Public, 2-year	5,263	95	1.8%
—	GGermanna Community College	Locust Grove	Public, 2-year	8,544	93	1.1%
#288	Shenandoah University	Winchester	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,454	91	2.0%
—	LLongwood University	Farmville	Public, 4-year	4,612	87	1.9%
—	CColumbia College	Vienna	Private for-profit, 2-year	151	84	55.6%
—	Radford University	Radford	Public, 4-year	7,812	83	1.1%
—	VVirginia Western Community College	Roanoke	Public, 2-year	6,332	82	1.3%
—	LLaurel Ridge Community College	Middletown	Public, 2-year	5,902	77	1.3%
—	VVirginia Peninsula Community College	Hampton	Public, 2-year	6,410	72	1.1%
—	EEastern Mennonite University	Harrisonburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,154	72	6.2%
—	Hampton University	Hampton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	4,244	68	1.6%
—	BBlue Ridge Community College	Weyers Cave	Public, 2-year	3,790	68	1.8%
LAC #116	RRoanoke College	Salem	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,804	68	3.8%
—	NNew River Community College	Dublin	Public, 2-year	4,254	62	1.5%
—	VVirginia State University	Petersburg	Public, 4-year	5,605	60	1.1%
—	SSouthside Virginia Community College	Alberta	Public, 2-year	3,306	53	1.6%
LAC #176	VVirginia Wesleyan University	Virginia Beach	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,853	53	2.9%
LAC #165	BBridgewater College	Bridgewater	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,448	50	3.5%
—	Mary Baldwin University	Staunton	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,772	47	2.7%
—	SStrayer University-Virginia	Arlington	Private for-profit, 4-year	1,998	42	2.1%
—	HHollins University	Roanoke	Private nonprofit, 4-year	761	42	5.5%
#317	EEmory & Henry University	Emory	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,311	39	3.0%
LAC #150	SSweet Briar College	Sweet Briar	Private nonprofit, 4-year	444	38	8.6%
—	DDanville Community College	Danville	Public, 2-year	2,465	34	1.4%
LAC #62	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington	Public, 4-year	1,527	30	2.0%
—	EECPI University	Virginia Beach	Private for-profit, 4-year	12,572	25	0.2%
—	RRappahannock Community College	Glenns	Public, 2-year	2,962	24	0.8%
—	CCentral Virginia Community College	Lynchburg	Public, 2-year	3,481	23	0.7%
—	RRichard Bland College	South Prince George	Public, 2-year	2,788	23	0.8%
LAC #157	RRandolph College	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	816	21	2.6%
—	VVirginia Union University	Richmond	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,646	20	1.2%
LAC #119	CChristopher Newport University	Newport News	Public, 4-year	4,454	18	0.4%
—	EEastern Virginia Medical School	Norfolk	Public, 4-year	1,216	18	1.5%
—	EEastern Shore Community College	Melfa	Public, 2-year	859	18	2.1%
LAC #85	RRandolph-Macon College	Ashland	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,687	17	1.0%
—	VVirginia University of Integrative Medicine	Vienna	Private nonprofit, 4-year	457	17	3.7%
—	SSentara College of Health Sciences	Chesapeake	Private nonprofit, 4-year	312	15	4.8%
—	UUnion Presbyterian Seminary	Richmond	Private nonprofit, 4-year	159	15	9.4%
—	BBluefield University	Bluefield	Private nonprofit, 4-year	959	14	1.5%
—	PPatrick & Henry Community College	Martinsville	Public, 2-year	1,908	13	0.7%
LAC #184	SSouthern Virginia University	Buena Vista	Private nonprofit, 4-year	936	13	1.4%
—	WWytheville Community College	Wytheville	Public, 2-year	2,107	10	0.5%
—	SSouthwest Virginia Community College	Cedar Bluff	Public, 2-year	2,364	9	0.4%
—	PPaul D Camp Community College	Franklin	Public, 2-year	1,219	9	0.7%
—	VVirginia Highlands Community College	Abingdon	Public, 2-year	2,082	8	0.4%
—	MMountain Gateway Community College	Clifton Forge	Public, 2-year	989	8	0.8%
—	SSouth University-Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach	Private for-profit, 4-year	258	6	2.3%
—	AAppalachian College of Pharmacy	Oakwood	Private nonprofit, 4-year	113	6	5.3%
—	DDeVry University-Virginia	Arlington	Private for-profit, 4-year	19	6	31.6%
LAC #111	Hampden-Sydney College	Hampden-Sydney	Private nonprofit, 4-year	946	5	0.5%
—	SSouth University-Richmond	Glen Allen	Private for-profit, 4-year	395	5	1.3%
—	FFerrum College	Ferrum	Private nonprofit, 4-year	763	4	0.5%
—	CChamberlain University-Virginia	Vienna	Private for-profit, 4-year	557	3	0.5%
—	RRudy & Kelly Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner School	Virginia Beach	—	155	2	1.3%
—	AAppalachian School of Law	Grundy	Private nonprofit, 4-year	154	2	1.3%
—	MMountain Empire Community College	Big Stone Gap	Public, 2-year	2,116	1	0.0%
—	BBryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach	Private nonprofit, 4-year	1,717	1	0.1%
—	AAveda Arts & Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington	Arlington	—	166	1	0.6%
—	EEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	Blacksburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	2,617	0	0.0%
LAC #160	UUniversity of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise	Public, 4-year	2,167	0	0.0%
—	UUniversity of Management and Technology	Arlington	Private for-profit, 4-year	979	0	0.0%
—	AAmerican National University	Salem	Private for-profit, 4-year	770	0	0.0%
—	SStandard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing	Falls Church	Private for-profit, 2-year	730	0	0.0%
—	BBon Secours Memorial College of Nursing	Richmond	Private nonprofit, 4-year	591	0	0.0%
—	VVirginia University of Lynchburg	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	581	0	0.0%
—	FFortis College-Richmond	Richmond	Private for-profit, 2-year	502	0	0.0%
—	DDivine Mercy University	Sterling	Private nonprofit, 4-year	463	0	0.0%
—	GGalen Health Institutes-Richmond	Richmond	Private for-profit, 2-year	454	0	0.0%
LAC #111	PPatrick Henry College	Purcellville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	425	0	0.0%
—	AAdvanced Technology Institute	Virginia Beach	Private for-profit, 2-year	415	0	0.0%
—	FFortis College-Norfolk	Norfolk	Private for-profit, 2-year	399	0	0.0%
—	TTidewater Tech-Trades	Norfolk	—	367	0	0.0%
—	RRiverside College of Health Sciences	Newport News	Private nonprofit, 4-year	350	0	0.0%
—	AArizona College of Nursing-Falls Church	Falls Church	Private for-profit, 4-year	348	0	0.0%
—	GGalen Health Institutes-Roanoke	Roanoke	Private for-profit, 2-year	315	0	0.0%
—	AAviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas	Manassas	Private for-profit, 2-year	272	0	0.0%
—	TThe Chrysm Institute of Esthetics	Virginia Beach	—	271	0	0.0%
—	AAviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk	Norfolk	Private for-profit, 2-year	270	0	0.0%
—	CCentra College	Lynchburg	Private nonprofit, 4-year	219	0	0.0%
—	CCentura College-Newport News	Newport News	—	203	0	0.0%
—	CCentura College-Chesapeake	Chesapeake	Private for-profit, 4-year	191	0	0.0%
—	LLotus Professional College	Richmond	Private for-profit, 4-year	178	0	0.0%
—	EEastern Virginia Career College	Fredericksburg	Private for-profit, 2-year	177	0	0.0%
—	SSylvain Melloul International Hair Academy	Lynchburg	—	175	0	0.0%
—	PPaul Mitchell the School-Roanoke	Roanoke	—	169	0	0.0%
—	CCentura College-Norfolk	Norfolk	Private for-profit, 2-year	163	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach	—	163	0	0.0%
—	SSouthside College of Health Sciences	Colonial Heights	Private nonprofit, 2-year	151	0	0.0%
—	AArizona College of Nursing - Chesapeake	Chesapeake	Private for-profit, 4-year	149	0	0.0%
—	TTidewater Tech-East Little Creek	Norfolk	—	133	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Midlothian	Midlothian	—	125	0	0.0%
—	HHenrico County-Saint Marys Hospital School of Practical Nursing	Richmond	—	124	0	0.0%
—	MMedical Solutions Academy	Danville	—	108	0	0.0%
—	NNorthern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage	Falls Church	—	101	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Newport News	Newport News	—	92	0	0.0%
—	AAscent College	Gainesville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	83	0	0.0%
—	CChester Career College	CHESTER	Private for-profit, 2-year	79	0	0.0%
—	EEmpire Beauty School-Richmond	Richmond	—	77	0	0.0%
—	AAnother Level Barbering and Cosmetology School	Petersburg	—	70	0	0.0%
—	TThe Esthetic Institute	Vienna	—	66	0	0.0%
—	VVirginia Beach City Public Schools School of Practical Nursing	Virginia Beach	—	55	0	0.0%
—	JJazz Barber and Hairstyling Academy	Petersburg	—	46	0	0.0%
—	DDermal Science International Aesthetics and Nail Academy	Reston	—	36	0	0.0%
—	BBon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging	Richmond	Private nonprofit, 2-year	35	0	0.0%
—	CCulpeper Cosmetology Training Center	Culpeper	—	34	0	0.0%
—	VVirginia Beach Theological Seminary	Virginia Beach	Private nonprofit, 4-year	33	0	0.0%
—	SSovah School of Health Professions	Danville	Private for-profit, 2-year	30	0	0.0%
—	CCentral School of Practical Nursing	Norfolk	—	24	0	0.0%
—	SStaunton School of Cosmetology	Staunton	—	24	0	0.0%
—	AAvi Career Training	vienna	—	22	0	0.0%
—	CCayce/Reilly School of Massage	Virginia Beach	—	19	0	0.0%
—	LLuckes Beauty Academy LLC	Newport News	—	17	0	0.0%
—	TTomorrow's Image Barber And Beauty Academy of Virginia	Newport News	—	15	0	0.0%
—	IInstitute of Advanced Medical Esthetics	Ashland	—	7	0	0.0%
—	VVirginia Barber School	Richmond	—	7	0	0.0%
—	CCentura College-Chesapeake	Chesapeake	Private for-profit, 4-year	0	0	—
—	PPaul Mitchell the School-Tysons Corner	McLean	—	0	0	—
—	PPaul Mitchell the School-Woodbridge	Woodbridge	—	0	0	—
—	AAgora University	Burke	Private nonprofit, 4-year	0	0	—
—	UUniversity of Fairfax	Salem	Private for-profit, 4-year	0	0	—
—	VVirginia Christian College	Dumfries	Private nonprofit, 4-year	0	0	—
—	UUniversity of North America	Fairfax	Private for-profit, 4-year	0	0	—

College tuition in Virginia

Undergraduate tuition and fees at four-year colleges, 2025

Public and private nonprofit four-year colleges with at least 100 undergraduates. International students pay out-of-state tuition (private colleges charge everyone the same). Source: U.S. Department of Education.

Cities in Virginia