Top Ranked Programs
University of Richmond's program mix is anchored in Business — the dominant program family — alongside a supporting cast of social sciences, quantitative, and liberal-arts-adjacent fields. Business accounts for 36% of graduates, with Social Sciences and other STEM fields rounding out the mix at 13% and 3% respectively. This applied-professional orientation, combined with a selective liberal-arts identity, shapes a program portfolio where strong early-career earnings are concentrated in a relatively focused set of fields. The highest aggregate-return program at University of Richmond is Business Administration, which combines meaningful cohort scale with strong four-year earnings — making it the institution's largest program family in terms of total graduate earnings output. The Business Administration program graduates 223 students annually with median earnings of $103,856 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks it #21 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Human Resources Management and Services and Biology, General are also among the largest programs by graduate count, each contributing to the institution's broad-based business and social-science profile. The highest-earning programs at University of Richmond cluster in finance, accounting, and quantitative business fields. Artificial Intelligence leads with median earnings of $112,621 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks it #67 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Accounting follows with median earnings of $112,202, and Azimuth ranks it #17 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. These high-earning programs are largely direct-to-workforce pathways — graduates enter financial services, consulting, and corporate roles — while fields like Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology, General include a meaningful share of students who continue to graduate or professional school, where four-year earnings undercount longer-term trajectory. Across 27 programs serving roughly 899 students annually, University of Richmond offers focused depth rather than broad scale, with employer relationships concentrated in finance and professional services. See [how Azimuth evaluates programs](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) for the ranking methodology and [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) for labor-market context on these fields.