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Colleges and Universities in Virginia

Virginia has 145 higher education schools within its borders. Washington and Lee University, the highest-ranked school in VA, has a total student population of 2,153 and is the 47th highest ranked school in the USA. Of the 145 schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. There are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Of the 145 schools in Virginia, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Everest Institute-Chesapeake comes out as the most expensive ($36,930/yr), with Riverside School of Health Careers as the lowest recorded at only $5,250/yr.

• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
• Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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