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Strayer University-Virginia

Arlington, Virginia Private for-profit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Strayer University-Virginia is a private for-profit four-year institution based in Arlington, Virginia. The campus sits in a midsize city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,998, made up of 1,669 undergraduates and 329 graduate students. It is part of Strategic Education, Inc..

Strayer University-Virginia offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 27 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business/Commerce, Information Technology, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 812 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 27 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 75% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 47 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,998
Students enrolled
75%
First-year retention
812
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
27
Programs and majors
47:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 27

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 13
Computer and Information Sciences 6
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Education 2
Health Professions 2
Social Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
75%
First-year retention, part-time students
41%
Student-to-faculty ratio
47:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
382
Associate degrees
180
Master's degrees
137
Certificates under 1 year
95
Postbaccalaureate certificates
18

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,998
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,669
Graduate students, fall 2024
329
Full-time, fall 2024
21%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,900
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,427
Graduate students, 2024-25
473
Full-time, 2024-25
20%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
66%
Men
34%
White
24%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
53%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
27
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
89%
Students taking some online courses
11%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Quarter
Part of
Strategic Education, Inc.
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
President
Antoinette Farmer-Thompson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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