Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.40
Liaison Parker Long
Submission Date Aug. 27, 2021

STARS v2.2

Virginia Commonwealth University
PRE-3: Institutional Boundary

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Elias Frantz
Sustainability Assistant
VCU Office of Sustainability
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Institution type:
Doctoral/Research

Institutional control:
Public

A brief description of the institution’s main campus and other aspects of the institutional boundary used to complete this report:

Established in 1838, Virginia Commonwealth University is a public research university located in Richmond, Virginia. With 13 schools and five colleges, VCU's campus size is 169 acres in downtown Richmond, with additional branch campuses and satellite locations.
Its total enrollment for Fall of 2020 was 29,417, and baccalaureate degrees awarded from 2020-2021 amounted to 7,420.


Which of the following features are present on campus and which are included within the institutional boundary?:
Present? Included?
Agricultural school No No
Medical school Yes Yes
Other professional school with labs or clinics (e.g. dental, nursing, pharmacy, public health, veterinary) Yes Yes
Museum No No
Satellite campus Yes Yes
Farm larger than 2 hectares or 5 acres Yes No
Agricultural experiment station larger than 2 hectares or 5 acres No No
Hospital Yes No

The rationale for excluding any features that are present from the institutional boundary:

The hospital is excluded because VCU Health is a separate legal entity from the university.

The Hanover Farm is excluded because it is currently unused, with unmanaged grounds.


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