Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UVA

At University of Virginia-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 25.05%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 17.00%. UVA's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 7 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 40.07%, and the 2024 yield is 42.00%.

The number of UVA applicants increased by 11.00% (5,602 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 25.05%, and this year's acceptance rate is 17.00% at University of Virginia-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 23.91% and women students' rate is 26.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of Virginia-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	29.99%	28.67%	31.16%
2014-15	29.00% -0.98%	27.48% -1.19%	30.36% -0.79%
2015-16	29.79% 0.78%	28.58% 1.10%	30.93% 0.57%
2016-17	29.86% 0.07%	28.70% 0.13%	30.90% -0.03%
2017-18	27.35% -2.51%	26.38% -2.33%	28.22% -2.68%
2018-19	26.43% -0.92%	25.21% -1.17%	27.54% -0.68%
2019-20	23.94% -2.49%	22.61% -2.60%	25.11% -2.43%
2020-21	22.58% -1.36%	21.64% -0.97%	23.40% -1.70%
2021-22	21.00% -1.58%	20.00% -1.64%	21.00% -2.40%
2022-23	18.66% -2.34%	17.75% -2.25%	19.43% -1.58%
2023-24	17.00% -1.66%	16.00% -1.75%	18.00% -1.43%
Average	25.05%	23.91%	26.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 40.07% where the current academic year yield is 42.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Virginia-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.50%	39.82%	41.06%
2014-15	41.22% 0.72%	40.35% 0.54%	41.93% 0.86%
2015-16	40.00% -1.23%	39.13% -1.22%	40.75% -1.18%
2016-17	38.09% -1.90%	38.59% -0.54%	37.68% -3.07%
2017-18	37.66% -0.43%	36.28% -2.31%	38.82% 1.14%
2018-19	38.89% 1.23%	37.41% 1.13%	40.11% 1.28%
2019-20	40.09% 1.20%	39.92% 2.51%	40.23% 0.12%
2020-21	41.01% 0.92%	39.45% -0.47%	42.27% 2.05%
2021-22	39.00% -2.01%	38.00% -1.45%	40.00% -2.28%
2022-23	42.32% 3.32%	42.15% 4.16%	42.45% 2.46%
2023-24	42.00% -0.33%	40.99% -1.16%	42.00% -0.45%
Average	40.07%	39.28%	40.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 39,484, the average number of admitted is 9,511, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,808.

The number of UVA applicants increased by 11.00% (5,602 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of Virginia-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	28,984	8,691	3,520
2014-15	31,021 7.03%	8,997 3.52%	3,709 5.37%
2015-16	30,840 -0.58%	9,186 2.10%	3,674 -0.94%
2016-17	32,377 4.98%	9,668 5.25%	3,683 0.24%
2017-18	36,779 13.60%	10,058 4.03%	3,788 2.85%
2018-19	37,182 1.10%	9,828 -2.29%	3,822 0.90%
2019-20	40,839 9.84%	9,778 -0.51%	3,920 2.56%
2020-21	40,879 0.10%	9,230 -5.60%	3,785 -3.44%
2021-22	47,971 17.35%	10,074 9.14%	3,929 3.80%
2022-23	50,926 6.16%	9,503 -5.67%	4,022 2.37%
2023-24	56,528 11.00%	9,610 1.13%	4,036 0.35%
Average	39,484	9,511	3,808

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Virginia-Main Campus and similar schools.