
UR Now: Student Experience
A Spider’s journey to earn the Congressional Award for young civilians
Fueled by purpose, CJ Blastos traveled 7,800 miles round-trip from Virginia to California to fulfill a requirement for the Gold Medal.
The University of Richmond provides a collaborative learning and research environment unlike any other in higher education, offering students an extraordinary combination of the liberal arts with schools of law, business, leadership studies, and continuing education.
Among nation’s “Best Liberal Arts Colleges”
—U.S. News & World Report (2025)
Need-blind in admission, meeting all of student demonstrated need
"Most Beautiful Campus"
—The Princeton Review (2025)
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio
Spiders around the world
Undergraduate classes taught by teaching assistants