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Largest Private Colleges & Universities
Data: State Council on Higher Education in Virginia and individual colleges and universities

College, Location, President
Full-Time Students
Part-Time Students
1. Hampton University
Hampton
William R. Harvey
4,982
805
2. Liberty University
Lynchburg
John M. Borek Jr.
4,866
1,296
3. University of Richmond
Richmond
William E. Cooper
3,451
918
4. Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Thomas G. Burish
2,060
12
5. Marymount University
Arlington
James E. Bundschuh
1,911
1,564
6. ECPI College of Technology
Virginia Beach
Mark B. Dreyfus
1,893
398
7. Shenandoah University
Winchester
James A. Davis
1,792
659
8. Roanoke College
Salem
David M. Gring
1,667
123
9. Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Kenneth R. Garren
1,662
275
10. Virginia Union University
Richmond
Bernard W. Franklin
1,438
96
11. Averett University
Danville
Richard A. Pfau
1,365
1,031
12. Regent University
Virginia Beach
M. G. Pat Robertson
1,255
1,434
13. Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Phillip C. Stone
1,240
20
14. Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Cynthia H. Tyson
1,133
431
15. Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg
Joseph L. Lapp
1,081
223
16. Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Roger H. Martin
1,077
72
17.. Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
William T. Greer Jr.
1,059
353
18. Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney
Walter M. Bortz III
1,024
2
19. Emory and Henry College
Emory
Thomas R. Morris
961
118
20. Ferrum College
Ferrum
Jennifer L. Braatan
880
40
21. Hollins University
Roanoke
Nora K. Bell
864
227


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