University of Richmond, VA · Private · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for University of Richmond
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$192,842
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $18,600.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at University of Richmond
| Full price | $93,938 |
| After grants, at your income | $49,971 |
52% of first-year students here got a grant or scholarship from the college in 2023-24, $51,249 on average.
At this income, 27 of Virginia's other 27 colleges cost less after grants, and 0 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
University of Richmond's promise. University of Richmond says it covers 100% of what a family cannot pay. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At University of Richmond, our scenarios for Virginia households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $6,100 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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Put your schools side by side →What University of Richmond commits to
University of Richmond says it covers 100% of what a family cannot pay.
“Richmond is one of a few institutions in the U.S. with both a "need-blind" admission policy and a guarantee to meet 100 percent of demonstrated need for traditional undergraduate applicants.”
University of Richmond financial aid office — verified 2026-09.
Conditions the school attaches to that commitment
- SCOPE — stated for “traditional undergraduate applicants”.
These are the school’s own qualifiers. A commitment quoted without them is not the commitment they made.
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what University of Richmond reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Virginia, it also counts Virginia's tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $6,100 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in University of Richmond's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Virginia, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price University of Richmond at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Grants from the college
How many first-year students got a grant from University of Richmond, and the average, are the Department of Education's figures for full-time students who started in 2023-24. They cover every income. The prices after grants already count these grants, so don't take them off again. The Department of Education's page for University of Richmond →
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward to 2027 at 4.0% a year, because the Scorecard publishes about two years behind. The full price is the college’s tuition, fees, housing and food on campus, and books. Each price after grants is the full price less the average grant families at that income received. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
The U.S. Department of Education's own figure for a year at University of Richmond, carried forward the same way, is $91,685, or $37,051 after the average grant. It averages the living costs of students on campus, off campus and at home, and counts costs the university doesn't bill for, such as travel and personal spending. Our full price is what the university charges a student who lives on campus.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by University of Richmond. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Randolph-Macon College$32,404 a year
- Virginia Union University$33,342 a year
- University of Richmond$49,971 a year
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