Virginia: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 16 Virginia campuses here enrolled 204,876 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 70,642 beds of housing, 34 beds per 100 full-time students. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 25,868.

16campuses with 3,000+ full-time students
204,876full-time students, fall 2024
70,642college-controlled beds, 2024-25
$7,840median typical housing charge, academic year (15 reporting)
Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
CampusFull-timeBedsPer 100Beyond bedsHousing charge
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg
36,081 10,213 28.3 25,868 $6,371
George Mason University
Fairfax
28,103 6,311 22.5 21,792 $8,270
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond
23,639 5,956 25.2 17,683 $8,398
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville
23,696 7,655 32.3 16,041 $8,942
James Madison University
Harrisonburg
20,737 6,657 32.1 14,080 $6,280
ECPI University
Virginia Beach
12,498 none 0 12,498 n/a
Old Dominion University
Norfolk
16,462 4,894 29.7 11,568 $8,526
William & Mary
Williamsburg
8,597 4,411 51.3 4,186 $9,840
Radford University
Radford
6,314 3,257 51.6 3,057 $6,650
Norfolk State University
Norfolk
5,402 3,057 56.6 2,345 $7,646
Virginia State University
Petersburg
5,228 3,800 72.7 1,428 $7,698
University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg
3,148 2,182 69.3 966 $8,004
Hampton University
Hampton
4,012 3,097 77.2 915 $7,446
Longwood University
Farmville
3,203 2,436 76.1 767 $9,584
Christopher Newport University
Newport News
4,354 3,818 87.7 536 $7,310
University of Richmond
University of Richmond
3,402 2,898 85.2 504 $7,840

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.