Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Virginia Public 4-Years Colleges to Get In is 71.29% for the academic year 2024-2025.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,087 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,009 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VAPublic, 4-year | 92.62% 0.44% | 21.59% | 1,130 | $39,884 ($16,720) | 28,464 | 63.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 2 2 | Old Dominion University Norfolk, VAPublic, 4-year | 90.36% 0.16% | 19.94% | 1,190 | $33,780 ($12,750) | 23,743 | 46.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 3 7 | Longwood University Farmville, VAPublic, 4-year | 90.22% 5.42% | 17.00% | 1,120 | $27,980 ($15,740) | 4,612 | 61.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Radford University Radford, VAPublic, 4-year | 89.53% 1.11% | 14.43% | 1,050 | $25,633 ($12,548) | 7,812 | 49.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 5 - | Virginia State University Petersburg, VAPublic, 4-year | 88.63% 0.47% | 14.27% | 945 | $22,650 ($10,043) | 5,605 | 39.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Norfolk State University Norfolk, VAPublic, 4-year | 87.77% 0.31% | 13.22% | 915 | $21,682 ($10,180) | 6,053 | 38.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 7 1 | George Mason University Fairfax, VAPublic, 4-year | 87.48% 1.35% | 20.22% | 1,270 | $38,688 ($14,220) | 39,766 | 68.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Christopher Newport University Newport News, VAPublic, 4-year | 86.04% 1.92% | 18.05% | 1,170 | $31,178 ($16,828) | 4,454 | 72.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 - | University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VAPublic, 4-year | 79.78% 6.48% | 17.73% | 1,260 | $28,083 ($14,905) | 3,826 | 66.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 10 2 | James Madison University Harrisonburg, VAPublic, 4-year | 71.52% 4.73% | 18.16% | 1,250 | $31,312 ($13,966) | 22,740 | 80.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 86.40% | 17.46% | 1,130 | $30,087 ($13,790) | 14,708 | 58.20% | 15 to 1 |