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The VMI experience is about more than earning a degree—it’s about joining a community that values honor, perseverance, and service.
Ranked the #4 public liberal arts college by U.S. News and World Report, Virginia Military Institute offers small class sizes, academically challenging undergraduate programs, Division I athletics, and the largest ROTC program in the nation.
Ranked the #4 public liberal arts college by U.S. News and World Report, Virginia Military Institute offers small class sizes, academically challenging undergraduate programs, Division I athletics, and the largest ROTC program in the nation.
VMI Community Updates
Institute leadership continues to communicate important information for cadets, their families, faculty & staff, and the VMI community at large:
- Upcoming BOV Meeting: Meeting details, including schedule and agenda, for the April 27-29 VMI Board of Visitors meeting are now available on the Upcoming Meetings page.
- Commitment to Affordability: Financial aid is able to offset a large portion of the cost of attendance for qualified applicants, and 84% of the Corps of Cadets receives some form of this aid each year on average. For those on ROTC scholarship who are also selected for Call to Duty scholarships, the cost drops to $3,600. Connect with financial aid today for more information to learn more about funding opportunities.
- Cadet-Athlete Accolades: VMI Swimming & Diving had six Keydets – Sam Castle, Matthew Picard, Lane Jones, Joshua Wolf, Valerie Tonnu, Isabelle Haer – named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team as recently announced by the CSC office. The 2026 Academic All-District Swim & Dive teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the pool and in the classroom.
ⓘ VMI Community: To receive important information concerning emergencies, weather, traffic, and parking, text the word "Keydet" to 772-95.
Behind the Balance: Ray Cmil ’26 — Keydet Wrestling
For Ray Cmil ’26, VMI has been about far more than wrestling. The rigorous schedule and responsibility of cadet life have strengthened his discipline and leadership, especially as he mentors incoming rats. Surrounded by teammates who feel like family, he’s learning what it truly means to develop himself for the future.
Learn more about Cmil and other cadet-athletes at VMI featured in the Institute's Behind the Balance seriesBehind the Balance series.
News from Post
Bowen Explores Creative Writing Devices
Ben Bowen ’26, an English major at Virginia Military Institute, introduced his honors presentation by disclosing that it is not intended to prove an esthetic point or make a literary argument.
I Am VMI: Maximus Ankrah ’26
The choice of attending Virginia Military Institute was a chance for Maximus Ankrah ’26 to obtain a clean slate. He’s done some difficult things and overcome challenges that others may not see, but that shared suffering and battling adversity make Ankrah proud to be a VMI cadet.
20th Century Military Historian to Speak at VMI
Virginia Military Institute welcomes Michael Neiberg, Ph.D., professor of history at the U.S. Army War College and award-winning author, for a talk entitled, “Whole, Free, and at Peace? Why History Won't Let Europe Go,” Thursday, April 16 at 8 p.m. in the Hall of Valor in Marshall Hall.
VMI’s Rogers Presents Thesis on Solitary Confinement
Jack Rogers ’26, a psychology major at Virginia Military Institute, will be taking his interests developed through his major with him as he heads to Mercer University School of Law after graduation.