Education

Richmond: Virginia's Creative Capital

The city of Richmond is home to some of the nation's best high schools, colleges and universities in the country. Two of the public high schools have received silver and bronze rankings by U.S. News & World Report as being some of nation's top high schools, and Maggie Walker Governor's School is one of the top ten public "elite" high schools in the country. Richmond also offers a number of highly regarded private K-12 educational institutions. Learn more.

The City is also widely known as the main campus for some of the top colleges and universities in the country including Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond, and Virginia Union University.