University of Virginia's College at Wise

Deep Dive |  Key metrics at a glance




Undergraduate enrollment volume & composition
The most recently (Fall 2024) reported enrollment is 2,280 of which 1,266 (56%) are classified undergraduates.
Undergraduate enrollment in Fall 20241 was 1,266:
  • 27.8% were lower-income2 students in Fall 2023
    (-2.4% decrease since Fall 2013)
  • 100% acceptance rate in Fall 2023
    (1.0% CAGR since Fall 2013)
  • 25% yield in Fall 2023
    (-6.5% CAGR since Fall 2013)
Annual growth in enrollment over 10 years
Program alignment & performance
Current 6-year graduation rate: 46.9% for first-year cohort of Fall 2018-19
  • 4.5 years average time-to-degree for first-time in college Bachelor's degree students who graduated in 2023
    (-0.6% change since 2013)
Growth in 6-year grad rate over 10 years
Current median wage of Bachelor's degree graduates 3-years post-graduation: $44K (vs. $41k for those with only a high school degree or equivalent)?
  • -7.6% difference in median wages for Pell graduates and non-Pell graduates
Growth in wages of graduates over 4 years
Financial Effectiveness & Sustainability
Current cost of attendance (undergraduate, in-state): $28.3k in 2023-24
  • $1.8k annual borrowing per student FTE
    (-7% annual growth since 2013)
Annual growth in student attendance cost over 10 years
Current revenue mix: GF is 73.6% of E&G revenue ($29.2M) in 2023-24; 8.5% annual growth from 2013-14 - 2023-24
  • $10M of Non-GF E&G total in 2023-24
    (26.4% of total revenue; 2.1% annual growth from 2013-14 - 2023-24)
  • 18.0% discount rate in 2023-24
    (-0.5% annual change from 2015-16 - 2023-24)
Growth in share of rev. from Gen. Fund over 10 years
Current per student FTE expenditure (E&G and Auxiliary): $29K in 2023-24
  • $47M total expenditure in 2023-24
    (4.6% annual growth since 2013; 4.9% from 2018-19 - 2023-24)
Annual growth in per-student FTE expenditure over 10 years



1. The Financial Aid file, from which low/middle/upper income are derived lags fall headcount data by up to 15 months, so we use an earlier than preferred year for some reporting.
2. "Lower Income" represents students from households between 0 and 200% of the federal poverty level.