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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55898</law_id><section_number>23.1-409</section_number><catch_line>Transparency in higher education information</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">baccalaureate <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span></span> shall maintain and update annually no later than September 30 a tab or link on the home page of its website that shall include the following information: <a id="paragraph-204758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The institution&#x2019;s six-year undergraduate graduation rate for each of the past 10 years; <a id="paragraph-204759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The institution&#x2019;s freshman-to-sophomore retention rate for full-time undergraduate students for each of the past 10 years; <a id="paragraph-204760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The institution&#x2019;s average annual percentage increase in base undergraduate tuition for each of the past 10 years; <a id="paragraph-204761" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The institution&#x2019;s average annual percentage increase in mandatory undergraduate comprehensive student fees for each of the past 10 years; <a id="paragraph-204762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A link to the annual report of the use of student fees as required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Annual reporting of the use of student fees" href="/23.1-408/">23.1-408</a>; <a id="paragraph-204763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> A link to the postsecondary education and employment data referenced in subsection D of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Postgraduation employment rates" href="/23.1-204.1/">23.1-204.1</a>; and <a id="paragraph-204764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> A summary of the institution&#x2019;s budget, consistent with the institution&#x2019;s annual budgeting process, that includes (i) the major budget units (MBUs) in the institution and standard expenditure categories within each MBU for the current fiscal year and the previous fiscal year or (ii) a link to the annual reports required by subdivision B 11 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Governing boards; duties" href="/23.1-1303/">23.1-1303</a>. <a id="paragraph-204765" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Council</span> shall maintain on its website a comparison of each <span class="dictionary">baccalaureate <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span></span> to each other <span class="dictionary">baccalaureate <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span></span> on the following measures: <a id="paragraph-204766" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The middle 50 percent test score range of first-time undergraduate students whose ACT or SAT scores were in the twenty-fifth to seventy-fifth percentiles of the scores of enrolled students; <a id="paragraph-204767" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The percentage of the students who applied for and were offered first-time undergraduate admission; <a id="paragraph-204768" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The average and net annual total tuition and fees and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student living on campus; <a id="paragraph-204769" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Average undergraduate student educational debt; <a id="paragraph-204770" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The first year to second year retention rates for full-time undergraduate students; <a id="paragraph-204771" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The four-year, five-year, and six-year undergraduate graduation rates; <a id="paragraph-204772" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The percentage of students eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant; <a id="paragraph-204773" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> The average wages of undergraduate alumni within the first five years of graduation; and <a id="paragraph-204774" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> The average wages of undergraduate alumni within 20 years of graduation. <a id="paragraph-204775" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#B9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">baccalaureate <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span></span> shall maintain a link on its website to the comparison of measures maintained by the <span class="dictionary">Council</span> pursuant to subsection B. <a id="paragraph-204776" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-409/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, cc. 325, 328, &#xA7; 23-2.6; 2016, c. 588; 2018, c. 387; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 447; 2022, c. 365.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
