62.38% of Applicants Accepted to Virginia Colleges in 2025 Admission

427,183

Applicants

266,468

Admitted

62.38%

Acceptance Rate

19.89%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Virginia colleges is 62.38%, 266,468 accepted out of 427,183 applicants.

For Virginia college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 28,493 (7.15%) compared to last year, from 398,690 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 614, which is less than -1.15% last year.

Virginia colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 3.01% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Virginia colleges. The yield decreased by 0.68%.

Among Virginia colleges, Washington University of Science and Technology has the lowest acceptance rate of 7.26% with 30 accepted students out of 413 applicants. University of Virginia-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 58,951 and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,289.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Virginia Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Virginia. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Virginia Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Washington University of Science and Technology413
239		30
10		207.26%
-4.23%		66.67%
-33.33%
Riverside College of Health Sciences62
32		8
3		8
4		12.90%
-3.77%		100.00%
20.00%
Washington and Lee University8,213
1,393		1,147
-37		472
-30		13.97%
-3.39%		41.15%
-1.25%
University of Virginia-Main Campus58,951
2,423		9,909
376		3,961
-5		16.81%
-0.05%		39.97%
-1.63%
University of Richmond16,152
1,031		3,585
60		841
8		22.20%
-1.11%		23.46%
-0.17%
Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing247
32		69
22		63
16		27.94%
6.08%		91.30%
-8.70%
University of Virginia's College at Wise6,581
5,167		1,878
550		284
-6		28.54%
-65.38%		15.12%
-6.72%
William & Mary17,798
250		6,064
323		1,614
-5		34.07%
1.35%		26.62%
-1.58%
Regent University8,414
1,153		3,207
217		690
47		38.12%
-3.06%		21.52%
0.02%
Hampden-Sydney College3,177
953		1,300
185		296
56		40.92%
-9.21%		22.77%
1.25%
University of Lynchburg6,948
2,135		2,988
-968		438
-40		43.01%
-39.18%		14.66%
2.58%
Advanced Technology Institute480
147		257
54		110
-7		53.54%
-7.42%		42.80%
-14.84%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University52,498
5,290		28,758
1,835		7,289
93		54.78%
-2.25%		25.35%
-1.38%
Averett University2,573
-749		1,456
-132		263
-20		56.59%
8.79%		18.06%
0.24%
Bluefield University1,386
329		822
159		152
-28		59.31%
-3.41%		18.49%
-8.66%
Hampton University17,885
5,766		11,133
5,283		1,147
-60		62.25%
13.98%		10.30%
-10.33%
Hollins University2,827
-165		1,921
-199		184
-8		67.95%
-2.91%		9.58%
0.52%
Henrico County-Saint Marys Hospital School of Practical Nursing125
12		88
12		56
18		70.40%
3.14%		63.64%
13.64%
Virginia Military Institute2,066
895		1,472
515		467
-2		71.25%
-10.48%		31.73%
-17.28%
James Madison University38,428
2,678		27,482
224		4,990
68		71.52%
-4.73%		18.16%
0.10%
Virginia Wesleyan University3,808
1,157		2,775
885		330
-43		72.87%
1.58%		11.89%
-7.85%
ECPI University5,330
1,231		3,972
574		1,040
-65		74.52%
-8.38%		26.18%
-6.34%
Sweet Briar College1,239
103		936
121		124
-14		75.54%
3.80%		13.25%
-3.68%
Shenandoah University4,200
437		3,232
303		540
55		76.95%
-0.89%		16.71%
0.15%
Patrick Henry College266
44		206
24		9877.44%
-4.54%		47.57%
-6.28%
University of Mary Washington5,124
518		4,088
115		725
-33		79.78%
-6.48%		17.73%
-1.35%
Roanoke College5,785
-1,044		4,805
-663		468
-63		83.06%
2.99%		9.74%
0.03%
Emory & Henry University2,569
220		2,149
-113		256
-83		83.65%
-12.65%		11.91%
-3.08%
Christopher Newport University7,341
279		6,316
104		1,140
-23		86.04%
-1.92%		18.05%
-0.67%
Randolph-Macon College3,242
622		2,808
623		532
101		86.61%
3.21%		18.95%
-0.78%
George Mason University25,234
2,655		22,074
2,017		4,464
13		87.48%
-1.35%		20.22%
-1.97%
Norfolk State University11,247
1,036		9,871
940		1,305
-198		87.77%
0.31%		13.22%
-3.61%
Virginia State University11,775
1,198		10,436
1,012		1,489
41		88.63%
-0.47%		14.27%
-1.10%
Ferrum College1,787
304		1,590
107		183
-59		88.98%
-11.02%		11.51%
-4.81%
Richard Bland College1,602
-145		1,430
174		475
52		89.26%
17.37%		33.22%
-0.46%
Radford University10,960
-112		9,813
-223		1,416
313		89.53%
-1.11%		14.43%
3.44%
Chamberlain University-Virginia10
8		9
7		7
6		90.00%
-10.00%		77.78%
27.78%
Longwood University5,391
-687		4,864
-290		827
34		90.22%
5.42%		17.00%
1.61%
Old Dominion University15,100
-116		13,645
-128		2,721
4		90.36%
-0.16%		19.94%
0.21%
Bridgewater College3,938
-46		3,612
-6		366
-63		91.72%
0.91%		10.13%
-1.73%
Virginia Commonwealth University20,954
1,902		19,408
1,679		4,190
-329		92.62%
-0.44%		21.59%
-3.90%
Marymount University4,329
731		4,033
1,136		466
56		93.16%
12.64%		11.55%
-2.60%
Randolph College2,416
481		2,264
427		266
66		93.71%
-1.23%		11.75%
0.86%
Eastern Virginia Career College99
9		95
17		95
22		95.96%
9.29%		100.00%
6.41%
Southern Virginia University1,451
350		1,399
302		300
5		96.42%
-3.22%		21.44%
-5.45%
Virginia Union University2,835
64		2,778
70		396
-19		97.99%
0.26%		14.25%
-1.08%
Liberty University24,942
-11,979		24,687
-11,984		6,021
-398		98.98%
-0.34%		24.39%
6.89%
Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church66
26		66
26		34
15		100.00%51.52%
4.02%
Centra College2
1		2
1		-100.00%-
Eastern Mennonite University1,470
291		1,470
294		183
-4		100.00%
0.25%		12.45%
-3.45%