Which was founded first, Virginia Commonwealth University or Batangas State University?
Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university located in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virginia General Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute, founded in 1917, to create Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2015, more than 31,000 students pursue 226 degree and certificate programs through VCU's 13 schools and one college. The VCU Health System supports the university's health care education, research and patient care mission.
University of Mary Washington The University of Mary Washington is a public university in Virginia that focuses on undergraduate education in the liberal arts and sciences. The core of its main campus of roughly 4,000 mostly residential students in Fredericksburg, Virginia is the College of Arts and Sciences, which offers degrees in various liberal arts disciplines. The university began a BSN completion program in fall of 2014 to allow AS-prepared nurses to earn a bachelor's degree in their field. A College of Education and a College of Business offer advanced degrees. Around 450 students are enrolled in the university's graduate programs.