Virgin Islands Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)
- Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 97.07% to 98.98%.
- Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 98.98%, with 967 students accepted out of 977 total applicants.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's acceptance rate: 99.04%
- Women's acceptance rate: 98.94%
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 53.84% to 35.16%.
- Gender Split (2024-2025):
- Men's yield: 35.16%
- Women's yield: 32.93%
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
- Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 977 in 2025. This represents a 13.60% increase from the previous year.
- Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 967.
- Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 340 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 97.24% where the current academic year rate is 98.98% at Virgin Islands Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 97.01% and women students' rate is 97.38%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Virgin Islands Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
97.07% |
97.10% |
97.06% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
94.97%
-2.10% |
94.28%
-2.82% |
95.28%
-1.79% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
91.95%
-3.02% |
91.25%
-3.02% |
92.24%
-3.03% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
98.44%
6.49% |
97.62%
6.36% |
98.93%
6.69% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
97.78%
-0.66% |
97.52%
-0.10% |
97.91%
-1.02% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
98.36%
0.58% |
99.15%
1.63% |
97.86%
-0.05% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
99.69%
1.33% |
99.57%
0.42% |
99.76%
1.89% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
98.06%
-1.63% |
97.04%
-2.52% |
99.00%
-0.76% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
96.90%
-1.16% |
96.30%
-0.75% |
97.16%
-1.83% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
97.44%
0.55% |
98.23%
1.93% |
97.06%
-0.10% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
98.98%
1.53% |
99.04%
0.82% |
98.94%
1.89% |
|---|
| Average |
97.24% |
97.01% |
97.38% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 40.34% where the current academic year yield is 35.16%. 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 Virgin Islands Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
53.84% |
54.70% |
53.43% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
37.54%
-16.30% |
45.05%
-9.65% |
34.30%
-19.13% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
20.97%
-16.56% |
26.46%
-18.59% |
18.71%
-15.59% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
34.80%
13.83% |
35.37%
8.91% |
34.47%
15.76% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
43.40%
8.60% |
43.22%
7.85% |
43.50%
9.03% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
42.49%
-0.91% |
39.83%
-3.39% |
44.18%
0.68% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
50.47%
7.98% |
55.90%
16.07% |
47.43%
3.25% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
41.91%
-8.56% |
45.73%
-10.16% |
40.10%
-7.33% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
42.33%
0.42% |
41.76%
-3.97% |
42.58%
2.48% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
40.81%
-1.52% |
44.77%
3.01% |
38.86%
-3.72% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
35.16%
-5.65% |
39.87%
-4.89% |
32.93%
-5.93% |
|---|
| Average |
40.34% |
42.97% |
39.14% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 893, the average number of admitted is 863, and the average number of enrolled students is 328 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Virgin Islands Colleges increased by 13.60% (117 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Virgin Islands Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
752 |
730 |
393 |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
1,094
45.48% |
1,039
42.33% |
390
-0.76% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
1,789
63.53% |
1,645
58.33% |
345
-11.54% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
899
-49.75% |
885
-46.20% |
308
-10.72% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
721
-19.80% |
705
-20.34% |
306
-0.65% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
914
26.77% |
899
27.52% |
382
24.84% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
640
-29.98% |
638
-29.03% |
322
-15.71% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
567
-11.41% |
556
-12.85% |
233
-27.64% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
612
7.94% |
593
6.65% |
251
7.73% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
860
40.52% |
838
41.32% |
342
36.25% |
|---|
| 2024-25 |
977
13.60% |
967
15.39% |
340
-0.58% |
|---|
| Average |
893 |
863 |
328 |
|---|