The Big Book 2018 – Public universities

Published March 2, 2018 by Jessica Sabbath

	Institution	Location	Phone	Website	President	Part-time students¹	Full-time students¹
1	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg	(540) 231-6000	vt.edu	Timothy Sands	2,876	31,564
2	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	(804) 828-0100	vcu.edu	Michael Rao	5,608	25,428
3	George Mason University	Fairfax	(703) 993-1000	gmu.edu	Ángel Cabrera	11,346	24,951
4	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	(434) 924-0311	virginia.edu	Teresa A. Sullivan²	2,224	22,136
5	James Madison University	Harrisonburg	(540) 568-6211	jmu.edu	Jonathan R. Alger	1,911	19,925
6	Old Dominion University	Norfolk	(757) 683-3000	odu.edu	John R. Broderick	7,632	16,743
7	Radford University	Radford	(540) 831-5000	radford.edu	Brian O. Hemphill	815	8,603
8	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg	(757) 221-4000	wm.edu	W. Taylor Reveley III³	775	7,965
9	Christopher Newport University	Newport News	(757) 594-7000	cnu.edu	Paul S. Trible Jr.	113	4,968
10	Norfolk State University	Norfolk	(757) 823-8600	nsu.edu	Melvin T. Stith⁴	860	4,445
11	Virginia State University	Petersburg	(804) 524-5000	vsu.edu	Makola M. Abdullah	533	4,180
12	Longwood University	Farmville	(434) 395-2000	longwood.edu	W. Taylor Reveley IV	973	4,101
13	University of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg	(540) 654-1000	umw.edu	Troy D. Paino	764	4,044
14	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington	(540) 464-7211	vmi.edu	J.H. Binford Peay III⁵	0	1,722
15	U.Va.'s College at Wise	Wise	(276) 328-0100	uvawise.edu	Donna Price Henry⁶	885	1,210
16	Richard Bland College⁷	Petersburg	(804) 862-6100	rbc.edu	Debbie L. Sydow	1,368	780

1 Based on fall 2017 enrollment numbers

2 Sullivan is retiring this summer. James E. Ryan will take over Oct. 1.

3 Reveley is retiring this summer. Katherine Rowe will succeed him July 1.

4 Interim president

5 Superintendent

6 Chancellor

7 Junior college of the College of William & Mary

Source: State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

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