Rankings and recognition
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Carnegie classification
A Liberal Arts College or College with an Arts & Sciences focus
Institutional classification used for academic peer grouping.
Athletics
NCAA Division I
NCAA division where available from verified imports.
Editorial spotlight
Virginia Military Institute — editorial overview (Lexington, VA)
Many of the famous military academies are run by the federal government. What if there was a military academy run by a state? That’s the thinking with the nation’s first state-supported military school, Virginia Military Institute, or VMI. Located in Lexington, Virginia, VMI is i...
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