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Radford University

Radford University
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142

Gen. Phone: (540) 831-5000 Fax: (540) 831-5142

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RU had 386 Post-911 GI Bill recipents enrolled in 2012, at all sites.

Admissions

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, 2020-21 First-Time in College
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	9,589	9,147	95%	1,239	14%	442	5%
Out-of-State	2,899	2,749	95%	135	5%	150	5%

SAT Scores by Domicile Status for First-Time in College Students, 2020-21
		Reading/Verbal			Math
Domicile	N	Low Score	Average	Highest	Lowest Score	Average	Highest Score
In-State	833	270	526	740	280	499	780
Out-of-State	72	360	505	680	330	483	660

Admission Summary, 2020-21 Graduate
Domicile	Applied	Accepted	Acceptance Rate	Enrolled	Yield Rate	Rejected	Rejection Rate
In-State	1,027	680	66%	529	78%	347	34%
Out-of-State	772	181	23%	92	51%	591	77%

Enrollment

Fall Headcount Enrollment
Fall Term	Undergraduates	Graduate Students	Total
Fall 2011	8,350	1,020	9,370
Fall 2012	8,610	963	9,573
Fall 2013	8,913	1,015	9,928
Fall 2014	8,885	913	9,798
Fall 2015	8,880	863	9,743
Fall 2016	8,453	948	9,401
Fall 2017	8,418	1,000	9,418
Fall 2018	7,926	1,409	9,335
Fall 2019	7,967	3,903	11,870
Fall 2020	7,307	3,388	10,695

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

Annualized Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Enrollment
Year	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total
1314	8,784	918	9,702
1415	8,762	824	9,586
1516	8,679	808	9,487
1617	8,296	869	9,165
1718	8,141	905	9,046

Total Undergraduate Enrollment by Locality, 2020

# of Students By Origin
0 Students
0 Students	1 to 10	11 to 49	50 to 99	100 to 249	250 to 499	500 to 999	1,000 to 2,499	2,500 to 4,999	5,000 and above

Degrees Awarded

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

Retention and Graduation

88% of all students entering in 2009-10 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.

88% of all students entering in 2009-10 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
Students Entering Institution in Fall and Spring of 2011-12 and completing at this institution.
Gender: All, Race/Ethnicity Status: All

Six-year institutional graduation rates compared to sector rates and the minimum and maximum values of the rates for Virginia institutions.
FTIC = First-Time in College.
Comparisons are to institutions at the same degree-level.

All, FTIC and Transfer, Dev. Ed. Coursework w/in First Two Years Receiving PELL, Recent HS Grads

Overall Publics: 1%
Overall Privates: 23%

FTIC (All)

Overall Publics: 70%
Overall Privates: 39%

FTIC, In-State

Overall Publics: 70%
Overall Privates: 47%

FTIC, In-State, Direct from High School

Overall Publics: 72%
Overall Privates: 51%

FTIC with No Financial Aid

Overall Publics: 65%
Overall Privates: 40%

FTIC with Pell

Overall Publics: 56%
Overall Privates: 26%

FTIC, Family Income $0 - $49,999

Overall Publics: 56%
Overall Privates: 25%

FTIC, Family Income $50,000 - $99,999

Overall Publics: 68%
Overall Privates: 50%

FTIC, Family Income $100,000 - $149,999

Overall Publics: 75%
Overall Privates: 60%

FTIC, Family Income $150,000 and Greater

Overall Publics: 80%
Overall Privates: 65%

FTIC, Family Income Not Reported

Overall Publics: 76%
Overall Privates: 51%

FTIC, Students earning 60 credits or Greater in First Two Years

Overall Publics: 78%
Overall Privates: 61%

Starting cohorts of fewer than 10 are excluded from reporting.

Student Transfer

Students Transferring into Radford 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 (2013-14 to 2016-17)	Average # NewTransfers (2013-14 to 2016-17) Graduation Rate	Average # New Transfers (2016-17 to 2019-20)
Blue Ridge Community College	11	61%	11
Central Virginia Community College	17	60%	12
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College	13	59%	14
Danville Community College	11	51%	8
Eastern Shore Community College	0		1
Germanna Community College	20	76%	18
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College	13	71%	11
John Tyler Community College	14	62%	12
Lord Fairfax Community College	25	73%	20
Mountain Empire Community College	2		2
New River Community College	131	69%	136
Northern Virginia Community College	105	65%	85
Patrick Henry Community College	32	71%	32
Paul D Camp Community College	1		1
Piedmont Virginia Community College	12	62%	9
Rappahannock Community College	3		3
Richard Bland College	5		6
Southside Virginia Community College	3		4
Southwest Virginia Community College	21	74%	23
Thomas Nelson Community College	20	50%	17
Tidewater Community College	27	63%	24
Total Public Two-Year Institutions	692	68%	648
Virginia Community College System	687	68%	642
Virginia Highlands Community College	13	82%	12
Virginia Western Community College	137	74%	132
Wytheville Community College	54	69%	52

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

Student Debt

Debt of 2018-19 Graduates, Total Loans
	Total Graduates		Total Borrowers		Total Borrowing
Degree Level	#	% of All Graduates	#	% of All Borrowers	Amount	% of Total
Bachelors	3,686	56%	2,648	56%	$101,450,781	55%
Graduate	698	11%	482	10%	$20,570,762	11%
Total	4,384	66%	3,130	66%	$122,021,543	66%

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.

Four-Year Bachelor's Degree

Debt of Recent Graduates, Recent Trend
Year	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15	1,303	71%	$ 17,410	$ 26,028	$ 27,370	$ 32,063
2015-16	1,417	72%	$ 18,810	$ 26,724	$ 28,985	$ 35,091
2016-17	1,397	73%	$ 19,468	$ 26,720	$ 30,455	$ 37,318
2017-18	1,385	73%	$ 18,800	$ 26,720	$ 30,256	$ 36,950
2018-19	1,323	72%	$ 20,286	$ 26,720	$ 30,742	$ 35,970

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.

Post-Completion Wages of Graduates

Graduates' Wages in 2018, 18 Months after Graduation
Degree	Graduates (n)	Grads. w/FT Wages (%)	Average	Median
Note: All wage and enrollment data are limited to those graduates working and attending school in Virginia.
Award of less than 1 academic year	0
Four-Year Bachelor's Degree	1,911	67.6%	$ 34,063	$ 32,727
Master's Degree	286	71.3%	$ 47,376	$ 47,092
Doctor's Degree	33	75.8%	$ 75,371	$ 76,230
Total	0

Graduates' Wages in 2018, Five Years after Graduation
Degree	Graduates (n)	Grads. w/FT Wages (%)	Average	Median
Note: All wage and enrollment data are limited to those graduates working and attending school in Virginia.
Award of less than 1 academic year	0
Four-Year Bachelor's Degree	1,761	59.1%	$ 49,801	$ 46,231
Master's Degree	363	60.1%	$ 55,535	$ 51,058
Doctor's Degree	0
Total	2,151	59.2%	$ 50,845	$ 47,073

Tuition and Fees

Virgina Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2021-22
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total
General Undergraduate	$8,018	$3,524	$10,036	$21,578
General Graduate	$9,011	$3,524	$	$12,535

Non-Resident Tuition and Fees, General, 2021-22
Student Level	Tuition & Mandatory E&G Fees	Mandatory Non-E&G	Average Room & Board (1)	Total
General Undergraduate	$20,100	$3,524	$10,036	$33,660
General Graduate	$17,984	$3,524	$	$21,508

Charges represent the weighted average double occupancy room charge and the maximum weekly meal plan offered, not necessarily the plan used by most students.

These tabs represent a concise overview of the data available at this site.
Additional detailed information may be found through the links below:

Trends in First-year Retention
Trends in Graduation Rates (Federal Equivalent)

Graduation Rate Profile - Student Subcohorts

Student Debt Profile

Post-Completion Wages of Graduates

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.