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School data & stats
Outcomes
Cost
Community
Overview
Radford University is a public university in Virginia's New River Valley, offering a compact, traditional residential campus in a small, mountain-adjacent city.
Academics
Nursing and health sciences, education, and criminal justice are its most established programs, reflecting a teaching-first, career-preparation orientation rather than a research-university model.
Campus & student life
The campus and surrounding town have a close-knit, small-city feel with mountains visible from campus, and student life leans toward a traditional residential college experience.
Getting in
Admission is accessible, with the university serving as a straightforward, less formula-driven option relative to Virginia's more selective public flagships.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
radford.edu ↗High school coursework
Required3 units of College Prep Math (preference to Algebra II) · 4 units of English · 4 units of Social Studies · 3-4 units of Laboratory Sciences · 2 units of Foreign Language, Fine Arts and/or Career and Technical Education · Standard diploma; successful applicants typically have at least a 2.6 GPA
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