Most states have a much lower percentage of OOS students at their state flagships. UNC is sub 20%, UT-Austin and UF are only 10% OOS, UC schools are sub 20%. Only Michigan, among the highly ranked state schools, is higher OOS.

Anonymous wrote:I would be happy if they took zero out of state or international students.

OOS PP here. I understand however if that ever happened the General Assembly would have to contribute a whole lot more to these schools than they do currently.
I also believe it benefits these institutions in many ways to have a geographically varied student body, even with a quota limiting its extent.
But as you are a taxpayer and as you no doubt have experienced some great VA students be denied, I can't blame you for the sentiment.

I would be happy if they took zero out of state or international students.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, current state law requires that 2/3 of undergraduates be from VA.

Virginia is a commonwealth. What law?

Not an expert but I think it’s in here:
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title23.1/chapter3/

UVA is too small to admit more OOS and internationals.

I don't believe there is a statute limiting out of state enrollment at VA colleges (pls correct me if I am mistaken) - however it is considered good policy by each individual institution to do so. I believe UVA and W&M aim for a 2/3 VA 1/3 OOS ratio. It is an institutional priority at these schools, and a priority of the General Assembly, to do this, despite the extra funding resulting from OOS tuition. This is not surprising and indeed common in every state. As another poster mentioned, try applying OOS to UNC Chapel Hill - even smaller % of OOS admitted. I pay OOS tuition to a VA school for my child, as I did for myself when I attended, and feel grateful for the opportunity to attend one of your state's schools. Worth every penny.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, current state law requires that 2/3 of undergraduates be from VA.

Virginia is a commonwealth. What law?

For goodness' sake. There is NO meaningful difference between U.S. states that refer to themselves as states and those, like Virginia, that refer to themselves as a "commonwealth." They have the exact same status (e.g., rights and privileges) under the U.S. constitution.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, current state law requires that 2/3 of undergraduates be from VA.

Virginia is a commonwealth. What law?

I'm OOS but wow, it is completely normal and expected for public universities to limit the number of non-state residents to their own state's taxpayer funded institutions.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, current state law requires that 2/3 of undergraduates be from VA.

+1. UVA isn't the only VA public bound by this. And agree, who cares about the rankings. If other state school prioritize their students, so should UVA.

Yes, current state law requires that 2/3 of undergraduates be from VA.

Anonymous wrote:It's a state school, and they seek to serve the residents of that state. Who cares about meaningless rankings?

+1

I think it’s about two-thirds VA. Not sure if it’s a rule or just practice. Unc chapel hill is 82 percent.

It's a state school, and they seek to serve the residents of that state. Who cares about meaningless rankings?

Is there a law that keeps those numbers artificially low? Non-resident and international students are a cash cow and their stronger stats would likely get UVA over the hump and into the top 20.