U.S. News & World Report
Rank University-wide
18 Operating efficiency
33 Educational innovation (best in Virginia)
37 Diversity (best in Virginia)
43 First-year experience
72 Public universities
73 High school counselor ratings
109 Best college for veterans
153 National universities
403 Worldwide among 1,250 institutions ranked
Listed A+ School for B Students
Listed Teaching writing across disciplines
Rank Program
2 Homeland/National security (graduate)
4 Part-time law
11 Criminology (graduate)
16 Special education (graduate)
24 Online Information technology (graduate)
32 Intellectual property law
32 Part-time MBA
32 . Public policy analysis (graduate)
33 Health care management (graduate)
36 Industrial/systems engineering (graduate)
37 Doctor of nursing (graduate)
39 Online non-MBA business (graduate)
42 Online Education (graduate)
44 History (graduate)
45 Full-time law
47 Public affairs (graduate)
49 Nursing (graduate)
52 Space science
54 International law
56 Online business accounting
56 Economics and business
57 Education (graduate)
57 Online engineering (graduate)
61 Social sciences and public health
68 Computer science (graduate)
68 Accounting (undergraduate)
72 Political science (graduate)
75 Social work (graduate)
76 Teaching (undergraduate)
76 Trial advocacy law
77 Computer engineering (graduate)
78 Economics (graduate)
78 Public health (graduate)
79 Business (undergraduate)
80 Sociology (graduate)
82 Clinical medicine
82 Tax law
83 Statistics (graduate)
86 Health care law (graduate)
87 Clinical psychology (graduate)
87 School of Business
89 Civil engineering (graduate)
90 Electronic/communications engineering (graduate)
90 Psychology (graduate)
91 Bioengineering/biomedical (graduate)
96 Social work (graduate)
Forbes
Rank Nationally
49 Among public institutions
54 A best employer among midsize companies
77 A "Best Value" college
169 Among "Top Colleges"
180 A best employer for diversity
Money
Rank Nationally
18 Among universities that admit 50 percent of applicants
43 Among public universities
64 A best value college
Shanghai Rankings
Rank Worldwide
19 Law
22 Public administration
36 Communication
38 Economics
Top 100 Political science
Top 100 Library and information science
Top 100 Education
Top 100 Geography
Rank Nationally
Top 95 Among all institutions
Washington Monthly
Rank Nationally
6 Best college for adult learners (best in the DMV area)
9 Loan repayment
18 Best bang for the buck (Southeast)
20 Mean earnings ($66,522) 10 years after college entry
51 Nationally
Listed A best college for student voting
Princeton Review
Rank
Listed A "Green College"
National Science Foundation
Rank Nationally
146 (top 23 percent) Research and development expenditures (FY 2017)
SANS Institute
Rank Nationally
Top 3 percent Identifying students with cybersecurity aptitude
Times Higher Education
Rank Worldwide
251-300 Out of 1,396 universities evaluated
47 Universities under 50 years old
65 Law
72 Among U.S. institutions
Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed
Rank Nationally
42 In the South
184 Out of 801 universities evaluated (jump of 90 places over two years)