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Colleges with Low Student to Faculty Ratio in Virginia

This page lists colleges with the lower Student to Faculty Ratio (a faculty teaches/cares less students which means probably more attention/support on each student) in Virginia. University of Richmond has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 7 to 1 where 631 faculty or instructional staffs teach 3,722 undergraduate students in Virginia.
Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. We aslo exclude schools which total student population is less than 1,000.
The next table shows the schools that have low Student to Faculty Ratio with total number of students and faculty. Note that the actual ratio is computed based on number of undergraduate students and instructional staffs who teach undergraduate programs. It may differ from the number of faculty shown in below table. You may want to check colleges having the Highest Student to Faculty Ratio in Virginia.
Colleges with Low Student to Faculty Ratio in Virginia
NameStudent to Faculty Ratio# of Students# of Full-time Faculty# of Part-time Faculty
1University of Richmond
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUniversity of Richmond, VA
7 to 13,722448183
2Washington and Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLexington, VA
7 to 12,24126844
3Virginia Military Institute
Public, four-yearsLexington, VA
9 to 11,52714335
4Randolph-Macon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAshland, VA
11 to 11,68712373
5University of Lynchburg
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA
11 to 12,31615962
6Roanoke College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalem, VA
11 to 11,80415631
7Shenandoah University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinchester, VA
12 to 14,454266197
8Emory & Henry University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEmory, VA
12 to 11,31110368
9William & Mary
Public, four-yearsWilliamsburg, VA
12 to 19,818689187
10Old Dominion University
Public, four-yearsNorfolk, VA
13 to 123,743890754