The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Virginia is 74.72% - 260,705 students accepted out of total 398,690.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 66.91% to 74.72%. The Virginia Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 27.45% and the yield is lower than 36.10%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.64% where the current academic year rate is 74.72% at Virginia Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.87% and women students' rate is 70.31%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Virginia Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
Year | Total | Men | Women |
---|---|---|---|
2013-14 | 66.91% | 65.06% | 68.45% |
2014-15 | 63.08% -3.83% |
62.57% -2.49% |
63.72% -4.73% |
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% |
Average | 69.64% | 68.87% | 70.31% |

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 28.43% where the current academic year yield is 27.45%. 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 2013 to 2024.
Year | Total | Men | Women |
---|---|---|---|
2013-14 | 36.10% | 36.42% | 36.02% |
2014-15 | 31.30% -4.81% |
34.80% -1.62% |
31.53% -4.49% |
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% |
Average | 28.43% | 29.80% | 28.24% |

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 335,798, the average number of admitted is 204,534, and the average number of enrolled students is 49,577 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Virginia Colleges increased by 7.36% (27,349 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Virginia Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
---|---|---|---|
2013-14 | 296,938 | 155,518 | 47,017 |
2014-15 | 313,953 5.73% |
160,770 3.38% |
47,066 0.10% |
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% |
Average | 335,798 | 204,534 | 49,577 |
