Southern Virginia University Profile

Southern Virginia University
One University Hill Drive
Buena Vista, VA 24416

Gen. Phone: (540) 261-8400 Fax: (540) 261-8451

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SAT is an imperfect predictor of college readiness and success and it is only one of many factors in admissions.
This report does not assume any particular merit or value in the SAT, it merely highlights institutional differences in distributions and mean averages.

Admission Summary, 2023-24 First-Time in College
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	96	95	99%	41	43%	1	1%
Out-of-State	567	564	99%	287	51%	3	1%

Admission Scores

TEST

Submitted Scores

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

SAT-Verbal

513

625

652

SAT-Quantitative

493

580

602

High School GPA

306

3.1

3.59

3.8

ACT_Composite

Fall Headcount Enrollment
Fall Term	Undergraduates	Total
Fall 2014	704	704
Fall 2015	730	730
Fall 2016	805	805
Fall 2017	925	925
Fall 2018	979	979
Fall 2019	1,039	1,039
Fall 2020	1,053	1,053
Fall 2021	1,066	1,066
Fall 2022	1,019	1,019
Fall 2023	971	971

See the report E22: Fall Headcount: Trends in Race Ethnicity for definitions and additiional student levels.

Annualized Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment
Year	Undergraduate	Total
1819	941	941
1920	1,004	1,004
2021	1,007	1,007
2122	1,031	1,031
2223	948	948

STEMH - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health Professions

30% of all students entering in 2012-13 either graduated within an Extended Time-to-Completion or were continuing their enrollment in the final year of observation. These Student Success Index results are based on students completing at any Virginia institution.

30% of all students entering in 2012-13 either graduated within an Extended Time-to-Completion or were continuing their enrollment in the final year of observation. These Student Success Index results are based on students completing at any Virginia institution.

Graduation Rates within Six Years

Groups with fewer than 10 students in the starting cohort will not display values. "Normal time" for an associate degree is two years, and four years for bachelor's degree, 150% of Normal time is three years and six years, respectively.

Students Transferring into Southern Virginia University
in Fall and Spring of the Designated Year to the institutions below.
*Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 will not display a graduation rate.

Transfer Enrollment
	Average # New Transfers (2016-17 to 2019-20)	Average # New Transfers (2019-20 to 2022-23)
Blue Ridge Community College	1	0
Brightpoint Community College	1	0
Central Virginia Community College	0	0
Danville Community College	0	0
Germanna Community College	0	0
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	0	0
Laurel Ridge Community College	1	1
Mountain Gateway Community College	2	1
Northern Virginia Community College	2	1
Paul D Camp Community College	0	0
Tidewater Community College	0	0
Total Public Two-Year Institutions	7	6
Virginia Community College System	7	6
Virginia Peninsula Community College	0	0

*Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 will not display a graduation rate.

Debt of 2021-22 Graduates, Total Loans
	Total Graduates		Total Borrowers		Total Borrowing
Degree Level	#	% of All Graduates	#	% of All Borrowers	Amount	% of Total
Bachelors	162	100%	113	100%	$3,235,985	100%
Total	162	100%	113	100%	$3,235,985	100%

Note:

Associates: Includes graduates who received Bachelor's Credit and Occupational/Techincal Credit Associate degrees.
Bachelors: Includes graduates who received Four- and Five-Year Bachelor's degrees.
Graduate: Includes graduates who received Graduate Master's and Doctorate degrees.

Debt of Recent Graduates, Recent Trend
Year	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2017-18	101	71%	$ 13,114	$ 22,014	$ 23,355	$ 31,168
2018-19	99	77%	$ 14,368	$ 20,838	$ 23,548	$ 30,749
2019-20	107	66%	$ 17,890	$ 24,221	$ 25,787	$ 33,634
2020-21	118	64%	$ 14,848	$ 22,774	$ 24,601	$ 30,876
2021-22	113	70%	$ 11,072	$ 21,555	$ 23,282	$ 28,065

Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed
borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity
is not available.

Southern Virginia University, Four-Year Bachelor's Degree
Earnings in 2022	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
20 Years (2001-02 graduates)		0%
15 Years (2006-07 graduates)		7%
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)	$55,649	10%
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$48,141	10%
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$54,173	11%
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$39,185	14%
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$28,366	18%

Only years/programs meeting disclosure rules will be displayed to protect individual confidentiality.

Wages in 2022
Years Post-Completion	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
	80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
20 Years (2001-02 graduates)
15 Years (2006-07 graduates)
10 Years (2011-12 graduates)	$11,441	$31,873	$55,649	$79,654	$114,811
8 Years (2013-14 graduates)	$9,864	$30,004	$48,141	$75,171	$111,249
5 Years (2016-17 graduates)	$19,707	$31,962	$54,173	$75,188	$85,878
3 Years (2018-19 graduates)	$12,903	$26,352	$39,185	$58,953	$75,954
18 Months (2020-21 graduates)	$9,132	$15,990	$28,366	$42,269	$56,318

As reminder, the median value represents the very middle value of the sample of values (wage or debt) sorted from low to high. This value is found in the middle line of the barcharts.
The remaining values in the chart are constructed similarly, to display how wages and earnings are distributed. Thus, while the median tells us the middle wage, the values for the 25th and 75th percentiles tell us that half of the graduates with wages fall between those two values. Likewise, 80% of reported wages fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles. The length of each bar section clue to the dispersion in the data - that is, how much earnings can vary within a range a group of individuals.

Virgina Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2024-25
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total
General Undergraduate	$20,780		$9,894	$30,674

Non-Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2024-25
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total
General Undergraduate	$20,780		$9,894	$30,674

Notes/Definitions

Debt: All debt figures refer to education-related debt processed through institutions. i.e. student loans. Unless specified as PLUS loans for undergraduates, the student debt refers to loans taken out by the student, not by parents or relatives. Further, reported student debt calculations are based on graduates who borrowed only. This is why we report the percentage of students/graduates wth debt.

Sample Budgets: These estimates are from the Living Wage project at MIT and are based on the estimated cost of a single adult living in Virginia. Tax and FICA withholding estimates based on a single, unmarried filer.

Limits on the Display of Data

The most important limit to understand is that these short-term measures of outcomes are not meaningful for evaluating the effectiveness of institutions or programs. These are not measures of employment rates, nor they comparable to the so-called Gainful Employment metrics produced by the US Department of Education. These measure are meant to inform readers of the outcomes of graduates in the near-term following degree completion and represent individual behavior and local economies more than any other factor.

In order to protect confidentiality and to accommodate both the many small programs in the Commonwealth and the limits of the available data, these reports will display program-level data only under the following conditions:

1. Single-year data will not be reported at the level of institution, degree, and program, only rolling five-year aggregates. For example, graduates of 2005-06 will be reported with those of 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, and 2001-02.

2. The number of wage-reported graduates must be equal to or greater than 15 with full-time wage equivalent (FTWE) reported wages.

3. At least 30% of the cohort of graduates must have been matched and reported with full-time wage equivalent (FTWE) reported wages, or 20% with a minimum of 200 graduates.

4. The current definition of FTWE is at least three quarters of wages must be reported for each year.

5. Wages and earnings are not adjusted for inflation.

The wage data included in these reports represent only the following individuals:
1. Graduates successfully matched to the Unemployment Insurance Wage records collected by the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC).
2. Graduates employed in Virginia by an entity that reports to the VEC. This excludes federal employees, including those within the Department of Defense.

What employers are subject to the Unemployment Tax and must be registered and file with the Virginia Employment Commission? They must have met one of the following criteria:

One or more employees (ten employees if your operation is agricultural) for some portion of a day during any 20 different weeks in a calendar year
A $1,500 or more total gross quarterly payroll ($20,000 if your business is agricultural; $1,000 if domestic labor)
Acquired a business subject to this tax
Been subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax
A governmental operation or political subdivision
A nonprofit organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and had four or more employees for some portion of a day during any 20 different weeks in a calendar year

Source
These criteria mean that individuals working as consultants, independent contractors (including many psychologists, counselors, barbers, cosmetologists, IT workers, and P-14 wage employees of the Commonwealth) may be excluded, as are a list of others that may be found here.