List of colleges and universities in Virginia

This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Virginia. The oldest college or university in Virginia is The College of William and Mary, founded in 1693. In 2010, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine became the newest. The largest institution is Liberty University, with over 56,000 students. The smallest is the graduate-only Institute for the Psychological Sciences.

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References and notes

• Higher education in the United States
• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country

See also

Stratford College was an all female college in Danville, Virginia. Founded in 1854 as Danville Female College. Later was called Randolph Macon School for Girls. In 1904 It became Stratford College. It was a junior college. Later it became a four year college, but closed due to financial problems in 1974.

Defunct institutions

Primarily religious institutions

Private and out-of-state institutions

Public and established private institutions

. Most other state-certified private non-religious institutions are accredited by a national organization, though some do not have any accreditation. Most small religious institutions do not have accreditation. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools by the accredited Also exempt from certification are vocational institutions supervised by other state agencies, and institutions supervised by the federal government. All public institutions and most traditional private institutions are ^[5] and institutions exempt from state oversight for religious reasons.^[4][3] private and out-of-state institutions requiring certification[2]