Top Colleges in Virginia Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in Virginia is 49.00%, a total of 19,105 applicants applied to the schools and 8,050 accepted.

University of Virginia-Main Campus had the most number of applicants of 56,528 and Virginia Military Institute had the least number of applicants of 1,171 among Top Colleges in Virginia.

Washington and Lee University had the lowest acceptance rate of 16.99% and University of Virginia's College at Wise had the highest rate of 93.99%.

Table. Top Colleges in Virginia Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA6,8201,15948716.99%42.02%
2University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA56,5289,6104,03617.00%42.00%
3William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA17,5485,7911,62133.00%27.99%
4Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA47,20826,9097,26557.00%27.00%
5James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA35,75027,1704,89176.00%18.00%
6University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, VA15,1213,47883523.00%24.01%
7Virginia Military InstituteLexington, VA1,17196047081.98%48.96%
8Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, VA7,2612,97765541.00%22.00%
9University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, VA1,4141,32929293.99%21.97%
10Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, VA2,2241,11224550.00%22.03%
-Average19,1058,0502,08049%30%