The average acceptance rate of the 15 public Virginia colleges that have competitive admission is 71.29% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 5.85%. The acceptance rate at 3 public Virginia colleges increased and the rate of 12 colleges decreased.
University of Virginia-Main Campus has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 16.81%. University of Virginia's College at Wise (28.54%) and William & Mary (34.07%) are following it in the list of Tightest Virginia Public 4-Years Colleges to Get In.
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.
University of Virginia-Main Campus stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Virginia's College at Wise ranked 2nd, up 13 places from 15th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,198 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,986 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 - | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VAPublic, 4-year | 16.81% 0.05% | 39.97% | 1,480 | $61,591 ($23,118) | 26,409 | 96.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 2 13 | University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VAPublic, 4-year | 28.54% 65.38% | 15.12% | 1,050 | $28,010 ($11,780) | 2,167 | 47.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 3 1 | William & Mary Williamsburg, VAPublic, 4-year | 34.07% 1.35% | 26.62% | 1,470 | $51,038 ($25,734) | 9,818 | 89.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, 4-year | 54.78% 2.25% | 25.35% | 1,360 | $37,764 ($15,948) | 38,857 | 86.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 - | Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VAPublic, 4-year | 71.25% 10.48% | 31.73% | 1,180 | $52,638 ($21,046) | 1,527 | 76.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 6 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 |
| 7 - | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 10 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 |
| Average | 61.80% | 22.62% | 1,241 | $38,198 ($16,773) | 15,562 | 71.80% | 14 to 1 |