Top Colleges in Virginia Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in Virginia is 39.22%, a total of 21,228 applicants applied to the schools and 8,480 accepted.

University of Virginia-Main Campus had the most number of applicants of 58,951 and Virginia Military Institute had the least number of applicants of 2,066 among Top Colleges in Virginia.

Washington and Lee University had the lowest acceptance rate of 13.97% and James Madison University had the highest rate of 71.52%.

Table. Top Colleges in Virginia Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA8,2131,14747213.97%41.15%
2University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA58,9519,9093,96116.81%39.97%
3William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA17,7986,0641,61434.07%26.62%
4Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA52,49828,7587,28954.78%25.35%
5James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA38,42827,4824,99071.52%18.16%
6University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, VA16,1523,58584122.20%23.46%
7Virginia Military InstituteLexington, VA2,0661,47246771.25%31.73%
8Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, VA8,4143,20769038.12%21.52%
9University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, VA6,5811,87828428.54%15.12%
10Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, VA3,1771,30029640.92%22.77%
-Average21,2288,4802,09039%27%