How Acceptance Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Virginia Public Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Virginia Public Colleges is 76.11%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate decreased by 1.76%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Virginia Public Colleges has increased by 5.02% from 71.09% to 76.11%. Of the 15 Virginia Public Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 8 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 7 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Virginia Public Colleges admission statistics comparison table.

Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Virginia Public Colleges

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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Virginia Public Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Change
William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA36.92%37.68%
0.77%
42.16%
4.48%
36.54%
5.62%
33.50%
3.04%
3.42%
Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, VA67.77%71.89%
4.12%
76.42%
4.53%
88.54%
12.12%
85.35%
3.18%
17.59%
George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA81.06%86.74%
5.69%
89.20%
2.46%
91.30%
2.1%
90.00%
1.3%
8.95%
James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA71.13%76.75%
5.62%
80.49%
3.74%
86.25%
5.76%
78.31%
7.94%
7.17%
Longwood UniversityFarmville, VA89.13%89.89%
0.76%
87.34%
2.55%
89.98%
2.63%
87.79%
2.19%
1.35%
University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, VA71.76%74.73%
2.97%
75.49%
0.76%
81.92%
6.43%
85.79%
3.88%
14.04%
Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VA89.69%91.69%
2%
91.07%
0.62%
88.64%
2.43%
89.50%
0.85%
0.2%
Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, VA86.99%89.33%
2.34%
95.41%
6.07%
96.23%
0.82%
95.14%
1.09%
8.15%
Radford UniversityRadford, VA74.58%75.32%
0.74%
78.68%
3.36%
95.31%
16.63%
93.34%
1.97%
18.76%
University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, VA77.42%59.41%
18%
82.57%
23.16%
83.37%
0.79%
75.57%
7.8%
1.85%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA64.85%70.04%
5.19%
65.77%
4.26%
56.47%
9.31%
56.98%
0.52%
7.86%
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA86.25%87.14%
0.89%
90.60%
3.47%
92.77%
2.17%
91.00%
1.77%
4.75%
University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA26.43%23.94%
2.49%
22.58%
1.36%
20.74%
1.84%
18.66%
2.08%
7.77%
Virginia Military InstituteLexington, VA51.30%59.54%
8.24%
59.88%
0.35%
63.91%
4.03%
71.06%
7.14%
19.76%
Virginia State UniversityPetersburg, VA91.09%95.05%
3.95%
96.26%
1.21%
96.08%
0.18%
89.72%
6.36%
1.37%
Average71.09%72.61%
1.52%
75.60%
2.99%
77.87%
2.27%
76.11%
1.76%
5.02%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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