Virginia Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)
- Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 63.08% to 70.57%.
- Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 70.57%, with 266,468 students accepted out of 427,183 total applicants.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's acceptance rate: 69.78%
- Women's acceptance rate: 71.22%
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
- Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
- 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 31.30% to 24.16%.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's yield: 24.16%
- Women's yield: 22.99%
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
- Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 427,183 in 2025. This represents a 7.15% increase from the previous year.
- Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 266,468.
- Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 53,003 in 2024-2025.
Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.97% where the current academic year rate is 70.57% at Virginia Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.30% and women students' rate is 70.56%.
Last year, it was slightly harder to get into Virginia Colleges than the previous year.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Virginia Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
63.08% |
62.57% |
63.72% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
67.98%
4.89% |
64.78%
2.21% |
69.91%
6.19% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
66.53%
-1.45% |
65.75%
0.97% |
67.91%
-2.00% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
65.34%
-1.19% |
65.49%
-0.26% |
66.07%
-1.85% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
67.25%
1.91% |
67.45%
1.96% |
68.38%
2.31% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
73.05%
5.80% |
71.00%
3.55% |
74.09%
5.71% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
72.42%
-0.64% |
72.23%
1.23% |
71.77%
-2.32% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
75.32%
2.90% |
75.41%
3.18% |
74.48%
2.71% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
73.39%
-1.93% |
73.59%
-1.83% |
74.27%
-0.20% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
74.72%
1.33% |
74.27%
0.68% |
74.38%
0.11% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
70.57%
-4.16% |
69.78%
-4.50% |
71.22%
-3.16% |
|---|
| Average |
69.97% |
69.30% |
70.56% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 27.35% where the current academic year yield is 24.16%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Virginia Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
31.30% |
34.80% |
31.53% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
28.56%
-2.73% |
31.62%
-3.18% |
29.56%
-1.97% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
29.76%
1.19% |
34.67%
3.04% |
29.55%
-0.02% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
28.42%
-1.34% |
28.80%
-5.87% |
27.87%
-1.68% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
26.48%
-1.93% |
26.77%
-2.02% |
28.25%
0.38% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
26.19%
-0.29% |
26.53%
-0.24% |
27.21%
-1.03% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
24.72%
-1.47% |
24.20%
-2.33% |
23.75%
-3.47% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
23.60%
-1.11% |
25.15%
0.95% |
24.29%
0.54% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
30.16%
6.56% |
29.57%
4.43% |
27.68%
3.39% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
27.45%
-2.71% |
29.31%
-0.26% |
24.96%
-2.71% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
24.16%
-3.29% |
26.02%
-3.29% |
22.99%
-1.98% |
|---|
| Average |
27.35% |
28.86% |
27.06% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 347,638, the average number of admitted is 214,621, and the average number of enrolled students is 50,121 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Virginia Colleges increased by 7.15% (28,493 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Virginia Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
313,953 |
160,770 |
47,066 |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
304,563
-2.99% |
170,884
6.29% |
48,268
2.55% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
297,924
-2.18% |
173,802
1.71% |
48,545
0.57% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
312,642
4.94% |
183,704
5.70% |
50,019
3.04% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
336,904
7.76% |
208,718
13.62% |
50,140
0.24% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
349,383
3.70% |
220,918
5.85% |
51,879
3.47% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
369,980
5.90% |
236,774
7.18% |
48,557
-6.40% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
341,456
-7.71% |
231,816
-2.09% |
48,328
-0.47% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
371,341
8.75% |
246,267
6.23% |
51,908
7.41% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
398,690
7.36% |
260,705
5.86% |
53,617
3.29% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
427,183
7.15% |
266,468
2.21% |
53,003
-1.15% |
|---|
| Average |
347,638 |
214,621 |
50,121 |
|---|