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Education at UVA

UVA graduates about 37 education majors a year. That puts it 11th of 551 schools we score for education, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $57 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#11 of 551 for education →
Graduates a year37under 1% of the class
Research in the field$57Ma year, NSF
Admit rate17%whole school
SAT middle 50%1400–1540whole school

Around UVA

Bavaro Hall at the University of Virginia; home to the School of Education and H
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A picture of the staircase at the University of Virginia.
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Where education happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Ridley Hall/School of Education and Human Development, Bavaro Hall / School of Education, Claude Moore Medical Education Building, Claude Moore Nursing Education Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 223 · Athletics 129 · Dorm 79 · Library 11 · Dining 9 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the education ranking

  1. Brown University 85
  2. University of Wyoming 84
  3. Texas Christian University 84
  4. Syracuse University 84
  5. Virginia Commonwealth University 83
  6. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 83
  7. University of Iowa 83
  8. University of California, Los Angeles 83

Other strong majors at UVA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UVA with every school we score in education. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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