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[quote=Anonymous]Some info from  a "prestige" perspective beyond just USNWR:

UVA, VT, GMU and VCU are all R1 (highest level research universities) nationally ranked universities. UVA is considered the strongest except in a few specific engineering programs and UVA and VT are more established in the R1 category and higher ranked than GMU and VCU.  GMU has higher GPA/SAT recs than VCU, but they vary in which programs are considered "better." e.g. GMU better in tech/business/and some social sciences and VCU better in arts and some specific other pre-professional programs.

W&M is considered a national (public) liberal arts college and is highly ranked and has equivalent admission reqs as UVA.

JMU is a highly ranked regional university--that means it has a solid but still local reputation. It may be starting to bridge into a national university as highly qualified NOVA students who don't get into UVA/W&M/VT but want a public option away from home go there. It has more of a classic "college campus" feel than GMU, but fewer opportunities for internships and research partnerships. GMU has far more graduate programs/students so the tilt can feel away from the undergraduate population. From most NOVA high school, GPA/SAT acceptance scores are almost identical for GMU/JMU.  CNU is a moderately ranked regional university with lower admission stats as are all the rest of the remaining public colleges/universities who are also all considered regional. [/quote]

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