The University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia is a well-respected medium-sized university that is focused on undergraduate education. 3,000 of the 3,700 students are undergraduates, and they have access to over 60 majors. Richmond prioritizes making learning personal, and the average class has only 16 students. No undergraduate courses are taught by teaching assistants, which is very common at large universities, and students represent over 70 countries. The overall acceptance rate for first-year applicants is about . For international students, though, the acceptance rate is only about 8.5%, following a trend we see across the country of a much lower international acceptance rate than that for applicants from the United States.