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Virginia: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 12	8,001,024	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.8%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.1%	26.4%
65 and older	12.2%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 12	8,001,024	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.8%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.1%	26.4%
65 and older	12.2%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	5.5%	4.8%
Black	19.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	68.6%	72.4%
More than one race	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	7.9%	16.3%
Other	3.2%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	8.4%	8.7%
High-school diploma	26.0%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	19.6%	20.6%
Associate degree	6.6%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	19.9%	17.6%
Master’s degree	10.1%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.5%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.4%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	13.5%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 8	$45,920	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	11.1%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	76,100	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	2.5%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	12,579	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$8,658	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,384	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$20,178	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$1,624,026,722	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-14.7%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$135,011,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$73,054,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$187,361,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$395,427,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$1,199,756,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	4.1%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	60.5%	61.2%
State and local governments	9.7%	6.3%
Industry	3.8%	5.2%
Nonprofit	5.1%	6.1%
Institution itself	20.1%	19.4%
Other	0.7%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	22.4%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	5.2%	4.9%
Life sciences	47.2%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	3.8%	3.7%
Physical sciences	7.3%	7.6%
Psychology	2.1%	1.8%
Social sciences	4.3%	3.3%
Other sciences	2.2%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.4%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Virginia	$4,760,514,987
Top fund raisers:
University of Virginia main campus	$216,162,251
Virginia Tech	$91,001,154
Washington and Lee University	$59,925,851

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$115,077	$112,647
Associate professor	$80,355	$78,804
Assistant professor	$65,926	$67,236
All	$82,456	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$80,741	$87,677
Associate professor	$65,613	$70,215
Assistant professor	$56,860	$59,511
All	$64,233	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$105,350	$133,973
Associate professor	$76,103	$86,108
Assistant professor	$58,479	$72,242
All	$75,403	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$69,779	$82,002
Associate professor	$58,000	$66,466
Assistant professor	$50,634	$55,352
All	$57,699	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$66,039	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$58,938	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$57,159	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	484,908	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	91,102	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	212,000	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	197,004	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	110,720	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	46,603	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	9,683	430,177
Total	576,010	21,016,126
Public institutions	71%	72%
4-year institutions	64%	63%
2-year institutions	36%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	21,010	849,452
Bachelor’s	45,324	1,650,014
Master’s	18,889	693,025
Doctorate	4,633	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 78% of all freshmen enrolled in Virginia in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 81% of all Virginia residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	68.4%	56.0%
Men	64.9%	53.0%
Women	71.2%	58.5%
American Indian	71.8%	37.0%
Asian	74.1%	66.3%
Black	50.8%	38.3%
Hispanic	64.2%	47.8%
White	71.5%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	2,552	196,374
Asian	31,858	1,218,118
Black	129,731	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	1,744	64,046
Hispanic	32,390	2,741,448
White	354,478	12,722,549
Foreign	14,874	709,565
Two or more races	8,383	325,275
Total	576,010	21,016,126
Women	56.8%	57.0%
Minority	35.9%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	28.6%	28.4%
Foreign	2.6%	3.4%
Full-time	61.0%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1516 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 71% of Virginia’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	15	678
Public 2-year institutions	24	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	38	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	28	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	24	664
Total	129	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Virginia State University
Institution under NCAA sanctions:
Radford University