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Key takeaway: 52 of the 74 Virginia-based institutions in our directory that offer at least one fully online program report both credit for military training and a dedicated point of contact for veterans, servicemembers, and their families (IPEDS IC 2024). 31 report all four services the federal survey tracks. The highest-ranked by BOC Score is Centra College. The Census Bureau records 34 military installations in Virginia (7 Army, 13 Navy, 1 Air Force, 2 Marine Corps, 2 Coast Guard, 9 Other), and 29 Virginia cities have their own page below.
Military-friendly online colleges based in Virginia
Ranked by BOC Score, which weights graduation rate, median earnings, net price, retention, and online availability from federal data. The tags on each card are the school’s own answers on the IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey: credit for military training, a dedicated military contact, DoD MOU membership, and a recognized student veteran organization.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
- Graduation rate 30%
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
- Average net price (lower is better) 20%
- Retention rate 15%
- Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Graduation rate
81%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$60,122
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 100%
- Programs offered: 2
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Acceptance rate
34%
Graduation rate
90%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$73,490
Avg net price
$19,096/yr
TuitionIn‑state$25,914
Out‑of‑state$51,038
Key stats
- Retention rate: 95%
- Programs offered: 55
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges · IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
68%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$68,530
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 100%
- Programs offered: 11
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
76%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$76,343
Avg net price
$17,915/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 87%
- Programs offered: 180
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
82%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$69,954
Avg net price
$23,322/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 91%
- Programs offered: 75
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 100%
- Programs offered: 3
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
69%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$58,128
Avg net price
$23,433/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 85%
- Programs offered: 142
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
67%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$52,347
Avg net price
$19,066/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 79%
- Programs offered: 33
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
68%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$67,516
Avg net price
$29,137/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 74%
- Programs offered: 53
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
60%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$53,739
Avg net price
$14,578/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 74%
- Programs offered: 71
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
66%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$58,433
Avg net price
$30,298/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 82%
- Programs offered: 73
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
79%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$34,961
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 79%
- Programs offered: 4
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
65%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$56,380
Avg net price
$22,235/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 73%
- Programs offered: 57
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
55%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$54,914
Avg net price
$14,638/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 76%
- Programs offered: 110
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Graduation rate
66%
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$54,869
Avg net price
$24,588/yr
TuitionContact school for pricing
Key stats
- Retention rate: 76%
- Programs offered: 51
Source:IPEDS · College Scorecard
Military installations in Virginia
The Census Bureau’s 2024 TIGER/Line military layer records 34 installations in Virginia (7 Army, 13 Navy, 1 Air Force, 2 Marine Corps, 2 Coast Guard, 9 Other, branch inferred from the recorded name). The largest by land area are listed; city pages show the ones within 100 miles of each city, with distances.
- Fort A P Hill
- Marine Corps Base Quantico
- Fort Pickett
- Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
- Fort Belvoir
- Fort Eustis
- Fort Lee
- Naval Air Station Oceana
- Radford Army Ammunition Plnt
- Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex-Chesapeake
- Naval Station Norfolk
- Langley AFB
Common post-service careers in Virginia
Statewide median wages for occupations that veterans commonly move into after an online degree, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025 OEWS).
| Occupation |
Median annual wage |
Scope |
| Information Security Analysts |
$134,900 |
VA statewide |
| Logisticians |
$98,920 |
VA statewide |
| Emergency Management Directors |
$99,860 |
VA statewide |
| Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers |
$65,870 |
VA statewide |
| Medical and Health Services Managers |
$129,270 |
VA statewide |
| Project Management Specialists |
$120,840 |
VA statewide |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators |
$109,610 |
VA statewide |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers |
$119,140 |
VA statewide |
BLS publishes wages for metro areas and states, not individual cities; these are statewide medians.
What the four services mean
- Credit for military training (IPEDS VET2): the institution reports that it awards academic credit for military training, typically evaluated through the Joint Services Transcript. How much credit applies is set program by program.
- Dedicated military contact (VET3): a named point of contact for veterans, servicemembers, and their families.
- DoD MOU member (VET5): the institution has signed the Department of Defense Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, a requirement for participating in service education programs.
- Student veteran org (VET4): a recognized student veteran organization on the institution’s records.
Of the 52 schools in Virginia that meet this page’s two-service definition, 31 report all four. All 52 are fully online by the IPEDS DISTPGS flag, as is every school on the national military-friendly online colleges list; the state view differs only in where the institution is based.
Military-friendly online colleges near Virginia cities
- Alexandria, VA
- Blacksburg, VA
- Charlottesville, VA
- Chesapeake, VA
- Christiansburg, VA
- Danville, VA
- Fairfax, VA
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Hampton, VA
- Harrisonburg, VA
- Herndon, VA
- Hopewell, VA
- Leesburg, VA
- Lynchburg, VA
- Manassas, VA
- Martinsville, VA
- Newport News, VA
- Norfolk, VA
- Petersburg, VA
- Portsmouth, VA
- Richmond, VA
- Roanoke, VA
- Salem, VA
- Staunton, VA
- Suffolk, VA
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Waynesboro, VA
- Williamsburg, VA
- Winchester, VA
Benefit eligibility is determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and your service’s education office. Nothing on this page guarantees education benefits, credit transfer, admission, or a particular cost. Confirm every detail with the school’s military or veteran services office before you enroll.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (IC 2024): veteran and military services indicators (VET2 through VET5), distance-education program flag (DISTPGS); BOC Score from College Scorecard and IPEDS outcome data; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 Military Installations layer (installation names as recorded there); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities; Census ACS 5-year estimates. Directory counts as of the September 2026 refresh.
