The average acceptance rate of the 15 public Virginia colleges that have competitive admission is 77.20% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.08%. The acceptance rate at 6 public Virginia colleges increased and the rate of 9 colleges decreased.
University of Virginia-Main Campus has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 17.00%. William & Mary (33.00%) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (57.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Virginia Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Virginia-Main Campus stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. William & Mary also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $37,698 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,714 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.