Virginia Commonwealth University

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Everything we know

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About

instance of	public research university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1968
native label	Virginia Commonwealth University
short name	VCU
legal form	Nonstock Corporation
industry	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
language used	English
academic calendar type	semester
mascot	ram

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Virginia
location	Monroe Park Campus
street address	910 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA, 23284-2512
postal code	23284-2512
coordinate location	37.5466, -77.4533
official website	https://www.vcu.edu/ · language of work or name: English http://www.vcu.edu/ · language of work or name: English https://chp.vcu.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	29,070 · September 2020 25,538 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	7,101 · September 2020
admission rate	91% · 2020
admission yield rate	24% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, primarily residential balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in

Finances

endowment	$2,408,531,845 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $2,729,638,656 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar Virginia Commonwealth University Division of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work VCU University College
affiliation	Oak Ridge Associated Universities
member of	ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations American Council on Education Open Education Network Coalition for Networked Information 5 more Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Council on Governmental Relations
athletics program	VCU Rams

Other facts

organizational division	Virginia Commonwealth University Division of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.jpg
logo image	VCU typeface.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (7)

Commons category	Virginia Commonwealth University
topic's main category	Category:Virginia Commonwealth University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Virginia Commonwealth University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Virginia Commonwealth University faculty
API endpoint URL	https://shibboleth.vcu.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
different from	Virginia International University
social media followers	70,408 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 156714051 · 11 February 2023 10,389 · subreddit: vcu · 23 May 2023 Earlier figures (3) 70,394 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 156714051 · 26 February 2022 69,746 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 156714051 · 3 January 2021 69,816 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 156714051 · 24 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (42)

ARCHON code	1765 · subject named as: Virginia Commonwealth University
ARK Name Assigning Authority Number	81974
ARWU university ID	Virginia-Commonwealth-University
Crunchbase organization ID	virginia-commonwealth-university
D-U-N-S number	105300446
ELMCIP ID	6004
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Virginia-Commonwealth-University · subject named as: Virginia Commonwealth University
Freebase ID	/m/0177sq
GeoNames ID	4756905
GND ID	26515-9
GRID ID	grid.224260.0
HAL structure ID	147329
IdRef ID	129426180
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	234030
IRS Employer Identification Number	54-6001758
ISNI	0000000404588737
J9U entity ID	987007603882005171
KISTI ID	K000208327
Legal Entity Identifier	54930081U4ULRPR3MK80
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n83209858
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	184840846
New York Times topic ID	organization/virginia-commonwealth-university
NL CR AUT ID	ko2008450131 · subject named as: Virginia Commonwealth University ko2008450132 · subject named as: Medical College of Virginia
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100009238
OpenAlex ID	I184840846
OpenStreetMap relation ID	13083991
PermID	5001217385
QS World University ID	virginia-commonwealth-university
Quora topic ID	Virginia-Commonwealth-University
Ringgold ID	6889
ROR ID	02nkdxk79
SEVIS school ID	7006
SNARC ID	Q50052
subreddit	VCU · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Virginia Commonwealth University · 23 May 2023 vcu
Times Higher Education World University ID	virginia-commonwealth-university
U-Multirank university ID	virginia-commonwealth-university
VIAF cluster ID	127161105
Wellcome Collection concept ID	ru69gypp
WikiTree category or space	Category: Virginia Commonwealth University
X (Twitter) username	vcu · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 69,816 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 156714051 · 24 April 2020 VCU
‎Scilit organization ID	2147
‎Yale LUX ID	group/68e6ea55-938a-404b-bb86-4bb5a39c600a

Campuses and colleges

VCU School of Allied Health Professions · University
VCU School of Business · University