Richard Bland College
South Prince George, VA
Richard Bland College is a public college in South Prince George, Virginia, a rural area on the edge of a city or town, with 894 undergraduates. Former students who are working earn a median of $41,452 ten years after starting.
Richard Bland College admitted 1,256 of 1,747 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (71.9%).
- Acceptance rate
- 71.9%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $9,090
- $14,970 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $13,045
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Rural, near a city or town
South Prince George, VA
Undergraduates
894
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Richard Bland College
Three things Richard Bland College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Richard Bland College reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The admit rate rose from 58% to 72% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
Families paid $13,045 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
71.9%
1,256 admitted of 1,747 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Richard Bland College?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Richard Bland College costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $9,090 ($14,970 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $24,206. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $13,045 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$9,090
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$14,970
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$24,206
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$13,045
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $24,206 full cost.
- Under $30k$10,245Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$10,329Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$12,279Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$16,905Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,790Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Earnings after 10 years
$41,452
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$11,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate rose from 58% to 72%.
What Richard Bland College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Virginia
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Sweet Briar College71.7%
- Virginia Wesleyan University71.3%
- Hollins University70.9%
- James Madison University76.2%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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