Facts & Figures
Our vision motivates us. And our stick-to-it-ness makes us. From record research awards to rising six-year graduation rates to top honors in hospital safety and quality care, we are one of the nation’s top urban, public research universities. The proof is in these facts and figures.
Enrollment, graduation and retention
7,677
Total degrees and certificates
awarded in FY15
- Baccalaureate = 5,043
- Master’s = 1,563
- Doctoral = 282
- First professional = 432
- Undergraduate post-baccalaureate certificates = 114
- Graduate post-baccalaureate certificates = 210
- Graduate post-master’s certificates = 33
Fulbright grants awarded to VCU alumni for the 2015-16 year
6
62.3%
Six-year graduation rate
(fall 2009 cohort)
63.4%
Six-year graduation rate
(African-American)
(fall 2009 cohort)
86.5%
First-year retention rate
(based on fall 2013 cohort)
174,573
Total number of living alumni
Freshmen enrolling in 15 or more credits per semester:
Fall 2014 enrollment, first-time, full-time freshmen
Transfer students
Faculty excellence
2
Faculty Fulbright
scholar awards
22%
of all 2,229 T&R faculty
are minority
359
of all tenure and
tenure-track
faculty are female
343
faculty hires
(a 3% annual increase
in full-time faculty)
Equals ...
3,052
Total faculty fall 2014
(up from 89 over fall 2013)
Institutional advancement
Endowment
$1.5
billion
New gifts and pledges: $102,597,086
Total cash received: $67,775,729
Research and innovation
Total sponsored program awards
$270,336,311
Total federally funded grants
$156 million
Faculty innovation
- Number of invention disclosures: 93
- Patents filed: 130
- Patents issued: 17
- Copyrights: 4
- Licenses/options: 14
- Research support agreements: 16
Student innovation
- Entrepreneurial programs for students: 20
- Student participation: 1,720
- Pitches heard: 179
- Ideas assisted: 18
- Businesses formed: 8
- Businesses at initial revenue: 6
Human health
VCU Health System financial statement*
(in thousands for fiscal year ending June 30)
Total operating revenue: $2,242,157
Nonoperating revenues and expenses: $76,360
Salaries, wages and benefits: $885,579
Supplies, purchased services and other expenses: $488,875
Depreciation and amortization: $67,097
Medical claims expense: $629,404
*Includes VCU Health System components: MCV Hospitals, MCV Physicians, Virginia Premier Health Plan, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, University Health Services (UHS) and UHS Professional Education Programs