Charlottesville, VA · Public · 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 Virginia
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
$52,110
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,600.
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 Virginia
| Full price, in state | $39,243 |
| Full price, out of state | $81,752 |
| After grants, at your income | $13,862 |
At this income, 6 of Virginia's other 27 colleges cost less after grants, and 21 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
University of Virginia's promise. University of Virginia 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 Virginia, our scenarios for Virginia households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $5,600 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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University of Virginia says it covers 100% of what a family cannot pay.
“UVA meets 100% of a student's need with scholarships, grants, work-study and need-based loans.”
University of Virginia financial aid office — verified 2026-09.
Conditions the school attaches to that commitment
- The same sentence says the need is met with scholarships, grants, work-study and need-based loans, so a package can include loans.
- UVA says the deadline to apply for all forms of aid is March 1 (March 1, 2027 for students starting in 2027-28), for both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile.
These are the school’s own qualifiers. A commitment quoted without them is not the commitment they made.
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
AccessUVA: tuition, fees, room and board for Virginia undergraduates with family incomes of less than $50,000, with typical assets
Household income up to $50,000. Covers tuition, fees, housing, food. Also requires “typical assets” — a test we cannot evaluate for you.
- It is for in-state undergraduates.
“For Virginia families earning less than $50,000 annually who have typical assets, UVA provides scholarships that cover full tuition, fees, room and board.”
AccessUVA: tuition and fees for Virginia undergraduates with family incomes of less than $100,000
Household income up to $100,000. Covers tuition, fees.
- It is for in-state undergraduates.
“UVA will cover the cost of tuition and fees to in-state undergraduates with family incomes of less than $100,000.”
A UVA tuition grant of $2,000 for Virginia families with incomes of less than $150,000
Household income up to $150,000.
“UVA provides tuition grants of $2,000 to Virginia families with incomes less than $150,000.”
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 Virginia reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
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 $5,600 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in University of Virginia'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 Virginia 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.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: University of Virginia's own 2026-27 tuition and fees, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. Housing, food and books are the College Scorecard's. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by University of Virginia. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- William & Mary$13,561 a year
- Washington and Lee University$13,618 a year
- University of Virginia$13,862 a year
- Old Dominion University$15,472 a year
- Regent University$16,812 a year
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