The University of Virginia is a public university in VA, founded in 1819 and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 17,311, and the graduate enrollment is 8,318. The University of Virginia is a hyper-selective school, receiving 40,878 applications and accepting 22.6% of applicants. The University of Virginia’s athletics teams competes at club, intramural, and varsity levels. Additionally, the University of Virginia employs 1,551 full-time instructional staff (93% of whom hold doctorate degrees) and has a 14:1 student to faculty ratio.