Radford University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 150,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,400 (26%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (35%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,743
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 94%
From Region 2%
Athletes 288 (5.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 64%
Black 14%
Hispanic 11%
Mixed 6%
Asian 1%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Artis College of Science and Technology 122 57% 61% 2% 9% 11% 1% $70,448 46 -0.91 77 98%
Computer Information Systems 2 — 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% $86,232 27 -0.59 90 95% — — — —
Computer Science 25 +3 80% 60% 0% 12% 8% 0% $90,575 12 -1.01 92 96% — — — —
Cybersecurity 19 — 95% 63% 5% 21% 0% 0% $86,591 33 -0.37 90 — — — — —
Chemistry 13 +1 62% 62% 0% 0% 23% 0% $56,815 3 -1.43 52 100% — — — —
Geosciences 3 +1 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,870 50 -0.11 67 — — — — —
Mathematics 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,460 6 -1.05 54 100% — — — —
Physics 8 — 75% 50% 0% 0% 25% 12% $70,980 14 -0.91 78 — — — — —
Biology 37 +3 22% 54% 0% 11% 19% 0% $58,017 14 -0.98 55 98% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 11 — 36% 73% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,017 10 -1.04 55 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education and Human Development 75 57% 75% 0% 7% 11% 0% $54,912 3 -0.61 47 98%
Nutrition and Food Science 3 — 0% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,135 15 -0.84 48 100% — — — —
Recreation Studies 23 +2 43% 70% 0% 4% 9% 0% $52,788 13 -1.05 41 99% — — — —
Sport Management 25 — 76% 76% 0% 8% 16% 0% $53,957 23 -0.77 45 — — — — —
Physical Education 24 — 58% 79% 0% 8% 8% 0% $57,915 56 +0.02 55 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences 393 26% 69% 0% 13% 9% 1% $54,731 3 -0.40 46 97%
English 13 — 15% 62% 0% 8% 0% 0% $39,100 3 -1.62 10 93% — — — —
Foreign Languages 2 +1 0% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $51,261 25 -0.60 37 — — — — —
History 21 — 57% 76% 0% 14% 5% 0% $45,928 6 -1.07 23 97% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 101 — 8% 73% 1% 11% 7% 2% $51,925 26 -0.52 39 97% — — — —
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,714 16 -0.88 33 — — — — —
Anthropology 9 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,600 34 -0.48 38 — — — — —
Communication Studies 19 — 53% 68% 0% 11% 16% 0% $62,842 56 +0.09 65 93% — — — —
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 11 — 64% 82% 0% 0% 18% 0% $65,426 69 +0.38 70 96% — — — —
Journalism 11 — 45% 64% 0% 18% 9% 0% $48,299 4 -1.57 29 94% — — — —
Political Science 24 — 42% 71% 0% 17% 8% 0% $70,477 49 -0.13 77 98% — — — —
Psychology 87 +7 17% 62% 0% 17% 7% 0% $52,857 40 -0.33 42 98% — — — —
Social Sciences 9 — 56% 67% 0% 11% 22% 0% $46,576 6 -0.93 25 95% — — — —
Sociology 9 +2 11% 44% 0% 33% 22% 0% $54,247 46 -0.24 45 97% — — — —
Criminal Justice 75 +7 37% 69% 0% 9% 13% 0% $59,781 54 -0.02 59 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Visual and Performing Arts 85 27% 74% 1% 13% 6% 0% $49,658 1 -0.02 33 96%
Art 34 — 38% 74% 0% 15% 3% 0% $44,308 38 -0.27 19 94% — — — —
Dance 8 — 12% 75% 0% 12% 0% 0% $39,006 26 -0.54 10 94% — — — —
Design and Visual Communications 22 — 9% 68% 0% 14% 14% 0% $61,605 60 +0.12 63 97% — — — —
Music 13 — 46% 85% 8% 0% 8% 0% $56,069 89 +1.00 50 100% — — — —
Theatre 8 +1 12% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $39,779 30 -0.44 11 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Davis College of Business and Economics 200 64% 64% 4% 10% 10% 0% $73,587 53 -0.49 80 97%
Accounting 27 +2 52% 63% 15% 4% 4% 0% $76,914 29 -0.65 84 97% — — — —
Business Administration 90 +8 64% 73% 1% 10% 7% 0% $71,614 46 -0.31 78 98% — — — —
Economics 8 — 75% 38% 0% 38% 12% 0% $76,205 18 -0.82 83 94% — — — —
Finance 32 +4 84% 56% 0% 9% 19% 0% $79,756 18 -0.67 86 95% — — — —
Marketing 43 +7 53% 58% 5% 12% 16% 0% $70,554 29 -0.55 77 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Waldron College of Health and Human Services 445 13% 63% 2% 13% 7% 0% $77,477 66 -0.60 84 98% 3.8%
Clinical Laboratory Science 16 — 12% 50% 6% 19% 0% 0% $71,951 25 -0.52 79 100% — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 10 +1 0% 30% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,843 56 +0.10 65 100% — — — —
Community Health 5 — 20% 60% 0% 40% 0% 0% $62,069 32 -0.44 64 — — — — —
Emergency Medical Technology 9 — 67% 67% 0% 11% 0% 0% $68,762 55 +0.02 75 98% 4.9% — — —
Health Professions 17 — 6% 65% 6% 18% 0% 0% $57,752 17 -0.73 54 91% — — — —
Health Sciences 18 — 33% 50% 0% 17% 0% 0% $65,256 45 -0.22 70 — — — — —
Nursing 295 — 9% 69% 1% 8% 9% 0% $83,740 14 -0.85 89 98% 3.5% — — —
Respiratory Care 32 — 22% 50% 3% 28% 3% 0% $68,762 47 -0.10 75 98% 4.9% — — —
Healthcare Administration 15 — 33% 47% 0% 27% 0% 0% $82,920 90 +0.85 88 96% 5.9% — — —
Social Work 28 — 11% 46% 7% 29% 11% 0% $52,320 42 -0.11 40 98% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,862
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $26,439
Est. In-State Cost $16,638
Est. Out-of-State Cost $34,201
ROI Percentile 72th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 34%
6-Year Graduation Rate 49%
Transfer-Out Rate 33%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 32.2% 425 14% 65% 1% 11% 7% 0% $77,607 52 -0.71 84 98% 3.7%
Business & Economics 18.2% 240 63% 65% 3% 11% 10% 0% $72,126 33 -0.43 79 97% 5.9%
Social Sciences 15.7% 207 27% 64% 1% 17% 10% 0% $55,902 40 -0.30 50 97% —
Humanities 10.5% 139 17% 72% 1% 12% 6% 1% $49,778 19 -0.71 33 97% —
Arts 6.4% 85 27% 74% 1% 13% 6% 0% $49,658 41 -0.02 33 96% —
Professional 5.7% 75 37% 69% 0% 9% 13% 0% $59,781 25 -0.02 59 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.6% 48 25% 58% 0% 8% 15% 0% $58,017 13 -0.99 55 98% —
Computer Science 3.5% 46 85% 59% 4% 15% 4% 0% $88,741 15 -0.73 91 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 28 64% 68% 0% 0% 18% 4% $61,710 7 -1.08 63 100% —
Education 1.8% 24 58% 79% 0% 8% 8% 0% $57,915 75 +0.02 55 97% —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.2% 3 0% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,135 27 -0.84 48 100% —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.3M #425 0% $0 — — — —
Education $0.2M #335 0% $0 15 #264 — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #475 40% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #375 0% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.1M #365 0% $0.0M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.1M #565 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.0M #396 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.1M #551 7% $0.0M 15 #419 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 40 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Soccer 37 $385K $385K $0
Basketball 15 $2.2M $2.2M $0
Cross Country 12 $164K $164K $0
Golf 10 $256K $256K $0
Tennis 6 $145K $145K $0
Total 120 $4.8M $4.8M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 77 $365K $365K $0
Soccer 32 $543K $543K $0
Lacrosse 29 $337K $337K $0
Volleyball 23 $559K $559K $0
Softball 21 $590K $590K $0
Basketball 15 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Golf 8 $266K $266K $0
Tennis 6 $222K $222K $0
Total 168 $4.3M $4.3M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 77 $365K $365K $0
Soccer 69 $929K $929K $0
Baseball 40 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Basketball 30 $3.7M $3.7M $0
Lacrosse 29 $337K $337K $0
Volleyball 23 $559K $559K $0
Softball 21 $590K $590K $0
Golf 18 $522K $522K $0
Cross Country 12 $164K $164K $0
Tennis 12 $368K $368K $0
Total 288 $14.9M $14.9M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 89%
Yield (non-ED) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 91% 84% 84%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 12%
SAT Range 950 – 1140
SAT Math Range 450 – 560
SAT RW Range 490 – 600