Top 20 Public Universities for Arlington Grads

The tuition may be more affordable, and some students just really want that big-school experience.

The application data below was self-reported by students from Woodlawn Secondary Program, Wakefield High School, Washington-Liberty High School and Yorktown High School, as well as the Arlington Career Center (ACC), whose full-time programs include Arlington Tech, the Academic Academy, the Program for Employment Preparedness (PEP) and the English Language Institute. The full data appears in our annual College Bound admissions chart, which ran in the Sept./Oct. 2022 issue of Arlington Magazine. Given that the acceptance information was self-reported by the graduates, school officials stress that they cannot verify its accuracy.  Data for Northern Virginia Community College was unavailable. The tuition and enrollment numbers below are drawn from U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Colleges rankings.

20

University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

APS Class of 2022 Applied: 102

APS Class of 2022 Accepted: 32

Tuition & Fees: $33,928 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 26,864

19

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

APS Class of 2022 Applied: 106

APS Class of 2022 Accepted: 42

Tuition & Fees: $39,427 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 35,474

18

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

APS Class of 2022 Applied: 111

APS Class of 2022 Accepted: 63

Tuition & Fees: $$43,890 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 11,626

17

Radford University

Radford, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 122

APS Students Accepted: 67

Tuition & Fees: $11,916 (in-state)

Enrollment: 8,998

16

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

APS Students Applied: 132

APS Students Accepted: 7

Tuition & Fees: $39,469 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 41,272

15

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

APS Students Applied: 132

APS Students Accepted: 33

Tuition & Fees: $39,469 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 41,272

14

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

APS Students Applied: 136

APS Students Accepted: 44

Tuition & Fees: $39,502 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 27,341

13

University of Colorado-Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

APS Students Applied: 137

APS Students Accepted: 70

Tuition & Fees: $40,356 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 37,956

12

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

APS Students Applied: 157

APS Students Accepted: 17

Tuition & Fees: $57,273 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 50,278

11

University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 164

APS Students Accepted: 88

Tuition & Fees: $14,208 (in-state)

Enrollment: 3,956

10

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 176

APS Students Accepted: 94

Tuition & Fees: $15,425 (in-state)

Enrollment: 4,584

9

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

APS Students Applied: 191

APS Students Accepted: 100

Tuition & Fees: $36,000 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 29,238

8

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

APS Students Applied: 211

APS Students Accepted: 100

Tuition & Fees: $11,900 (in-state)

Enrollment: 23,494

7

Penn State

University Park, Pennsylvania

APS Students Applied: 277

APS Students Accepted: 132

Tuition & Fees: $36,476 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 47,560

6

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 357

APS Students Accepted: 87

Tuition & Fees: $23,970 (in-state)

Enrollment: 9,517

5

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 446

APS Students Accepted: 257

Tuition & Fees: $15,642 (in-state)

Enrollment: 28,594

4

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 448

APS Students Accepted: 235

Tuition & Fees: $13,404 (in-state)

Enrollment: 38,630

3

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 577

APS Students Accepted: 125

Tuition & Fees: $21,381 (in-state)

Enrollment: 26,026

2

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 590

APS Students Accepted: 281

Tuition & Fees: $13,092 (in-state)

Enrollment: 22,166

1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

APS Students Applied: 660

APS Students Accepted: 218

Tuition & Fees: $15,208 (in-state)

Enrollment: 37,279