65.37% of Applicants Accepted to Virginia Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Virginia colleges is 65.37%, 260,608 accepted out of 398,690 applicants.

For Virginia college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 27,349 (7.36%) compared to last year, from 371,341 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,954, which is more than 3.76% last year.

Virginia colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.95% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Virginia colleges. The yield decreased by 0.41%.

Among Virginia colleges, Washington University of Science and Technology has the lowest acceptance rate of 10.92% with 19 accepted students out of 174 applicants. University of Virginia-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 56,528 and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,265.

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.