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Virginia Graduate Retention Explorer

Half of Virginia's graduates are gone in ten years.

Where do the graduates of Virginia's 41 baccalaureate institutions actually work one, five, and ten years after they walk across the stage? Search your school.

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The leak is widening

10-year data isn't yet available for cohorts graduating after ~2012.

Statewide baccalaureate retention by graduation cohort. Source: Census PSEO, 2025Q4.

Every school, ranked

Bars = share of employed grads whose main job is in Virginia. Dashed line = statewide average. Source: Census PSEO, 2025Q4.

All 41 institutions

RankInstitutionY1Y5Y10Employed grads
#1Longwood University82.6%79.1%72.8%7,322
#2Old Dominion University83.8%75.9%70.4%24,613
#3Virginia Commonwealth University84.4%72.8%68.8%30,129
#4Christopher Newport University78.9%73.4%68.3%7,932
#5Radford University77.6%69.6%67.8%16,499
#6Jefferson College of Health Sciences80.2%71.0%65.1%951
#7George Mason University78.3%67.5%61.8%25,714
#8Bluefield College64.0%60.7%59.7%2,289
#9University of Virginia's College at Wise (The)70.6%67.8%58.9%2,851
#10Norfolk State University73.3%66.2%58.4%6,670
#11Averett University56.5%54.4%57.3%3,015
#12Bridgewater College61.9%61.4%55.1%3,469
#13University of Lynchburg58.6%54.9%54.5%3,460
#14Virginia State University64.1%55.1%53.3%5,777
#15University of Mary Washington71.7%58.3%52.9%6,727
#16Mary Baldwin University62.2%57.1%52.1%2,558
#17Virginia Wesleyan University58.4%53.5%50.9%2,859
#18James Madison University64.3%54.5%49.7%34,226
#19Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University58.9%51.0%48.0%47,250
#20Randolph - Macon College56.8%54.7%47.3%2,609
#21Regent University47.7%45.2%45.9%945
#22Ferrum College48.1%42.1%45.9%1,736
#23Hampden Sydney College46.6%44.4%45.7%1,756
#24Roanoke College50.8%47.5%44.7%4,062
#25Shenandoah University55.4%45.9%44.2%3,253
#26Emory & Henry College35.8%40.7%42.7%1,973
#27Eastern Mennonite University52.0%46.4%40.6%3,460
#28Virginia Intermont College45.1%41.2%39.3%1,770
#29Marymount University50.3%46.9%38.7%3,169
#30Virginia Union University46.2%47.1%38.3%1,608
#31Virginia Military Institute52.9%45.0%38.2%2,074
#32University of Virginia49.7%39.3%34.2%27,883
#33College of William & Mary48.4%38.5%33.9%12,115
#34Hollins University37.5%36.7%32.8%1,891
#35Randolph College35.2%31.2%32.6%1,228
#36Liberty University31.3%28.1%27.8%17,435
#37Sweet Briar College29.9%28.2%26.6%1,785
#38University of Richmond35.9%28.3%26.0%6,625
#39Hampton University36.1%27.8%23.6%8,099
#40Southern Virginia University25.4%16.1%22.2%468
#41Washington and Lee University21.2%17.1%14.2%3,978