BSEd Youth and Social Innovation at University of Virginia

Programme overview

The B.S.Ed. in Youth and Social Innovation prepares students to be practitioners, researchers, advocates and social innovators in the youth sector through basic and applied research, policy analysis, and programme and system innovation. It is a 120-credit full-time, in-person programme.

Faculty: School of Education and Human Development | Department: Human Services | Duration: 4 years (or 2 academic years after admission into the program) | Intake: Current UVA undergraduates: February 1; transfers: March 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Charlottesville, VA, United States

What you will study

Students analyse youth issues and may declare one of five optional concentrations: Applied Child & Youth Development; Education, Culture & Society; Policy & Data Analysis; Program Design; Youth Mental Health. The major can be completed in the third and fourth years; new majors must be in residence at UVA during their first fall semester in the programme.

Career pathways

Graduates work or study in education and youth development (teaching, college student affairs, intercollegiate athletics); human services (counseling, social work, clinical/school psychology, public health, medicine); public policy, advocacy and law; and business, management and communications (social entrepreneurship, educational technology).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants may apply as first- or second-year students; deadline February 1 for current UVA undergraduates and March 1 for transfers from other institutions.

Domestic applicants: USD 16,843 a year (2026-27). School of Education and Human Development undergraduate rate (all years). Rate for Virginia residents. Tuition only; excludes mandatory/comprehensive and program fees. International students pay the non-Virginia resident rate only if the schedule so appli Source

International applicants: USD 57,432 a year (2026-27). School of Education and Human Development undergraduate rate (all years). Rate for non-Virginia residents. Tuition only; excludes mandatory/comprehensive and program fees. Source labels this rate as non-Virginia residents (not specifically international). Source

First-year entry for Fall 2027 via Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision; transfer applicants can apply for Spring or Fall entry.

First-year deadlines: Early Decision and Early Action November 1 (decisions by December 15 and February 15 respectively); Regular Decision January 5 (decision by April 1). Applications are submitted through the Common Application. Standardized testing is test optional for Fall 2027 first-year applicants.

Transfer deadlines: Spring Transfer October 1 (notification by December 1); Fall Transfer March 1 (notification by May 1). Transfer applications are test optional.

Application fees (2026-27): undergraduate $75; Graduate School of Arts & Sciences $85; Architecture $80; Batten graduate $75; Darden non-PhD $250, Darden PhD $100; Data Science $85; Education and Human Development $65; Law $85; McIntire graduate $85; Medicine $80; Nursing $88; SCPS $70; Graduate Engineering no fee.

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