Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $77,369 ten years after enrolling, more than at 89% of colleges; 77% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.4 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$23K
According to Virginia Military Institute's most recent Common Data Set, 37% of its Class of 2025 graduates (331 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
78 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 20 more are enrolled at another college. (482 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
66 of 100 finish within 4 years, 77 within 6, and 78 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 66% | 77% | 78% |
| Started in college here | 65% | 77% | 78% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 64%, 13 points below students with no need-based federal aid (77%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients67 students
64% · 13 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant121 students
82% · 5 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan266 students
77% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White324 students
78% · 2 points above all students
- Asian27 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino40 students
68% · 9 points below all students
- Black34 students
62% · 14 points below all students
- Two or more races16 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- International5 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native3 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander4 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Virginia Military Institute. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Virginia Military Institute Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Virginia Military Institute Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)