Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at VCU

At Virginia Commonwealth University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.50%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.97%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of VCU applicants increased by 4.44% (810 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.50%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.00% at Virginia Commonwealth University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.48% and women students' rate is 85.06%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.13%	69.42%	68.93%
2014-15	75.35% 6.22%	76.22% 6.80%	74.76% 5.83%
2015-16	78.95% 3.61%	78.70% 2.48%	79.12% 4.36%
2016-17	81.15% 2.20%	80.43% 1.73%	81.59% 2.47%
2017-18	83.90% 2.75%	82.59% 2.16%	84.71% 3.11%
2018-19	86.25% 2.35%	83.89% 1.31%	87.65% 2.94%
2019-20	87.14% 0.89%	86.43% 2.53%	87.54% -0.11%
2020-21	90.60% 3.47%	89.26% 2.83%	91.34% 3.80%
2021-22	93.00% 2.39%	90.00% 0.74%	94.00% 2.66%
2022-23	91.00% -2.00%	89.34% -0.67%	91.97% -2.03%
2023-24	93.00% 2.00%	92.01% 2.67%	94.00% 2.03%
Average	84.50%	83.48%	85.06%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.97% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36.02%	36.33%	35.81%
2014-15	34.06% -1.96%	34.16% -2.17%	34.00% -1.81%
2015-16	34.17% 0.11%	33.33% -0.83%	34.72% 0.72%
2016-17	32.72% -1.45%	32.71% -0.62%	32.73% -1.99%
2017-18	32.28% -0.44%	32.84% 0.13%	31.95% -0.78%
2018-19	31.73% -0.55%	31.74% -1.10%	31.73% -0.22%
2019-20	29.56% -2.17%	29.33% -2.41%	29.68% -2.04%
2020-21	24.03% -5.53%	23.57% -5.76%	24.27% -5.41%
2021-22	25.00% 0.97%	23.99% 0.42%	26.00% 1.73%
2022-23	25.10% 0.10%	24.23% 0.23%	25.60% -0.40%
2023-24	25.00% -0.10%	25.00% 0.78%	26.00% 0.40%
Average	29.97%	29.75%	30.23%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,306, the average number of admitted is 13,890, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,064.

The number of VCU applicants increased by 4.44% (810 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,156	9,786	3,525
2014-15	13,758 -2.81%	10,366 5.93%	3,531 0.17%
2015-16	14,815 7.68%	11,697 12.84%	3,997 13.20%
2016-17	15,629 5.49%	12,683 8.43%	4,150 3.83%
2017-18	15,248 -2.44%	12,793 0.87%	4,130 -0.48%
2018-19	16,549 8.53%	14,273 11.57%	4,529 9.66%
2019-20	17,088 3.26%	14,890 4.32%	4,401 -2.83%
2020-21	17,253 0.97%	15,632 4.98%	3,756 -14.66%
2021-22	17,579 1.89%	16,348 4.58%	4,087 8.81%
2022-23	18,242 3.77%	16,600 1.54%	4,167 1.96%
2023-24	19,052 4.44%	17,718 6.73%	4,430 6.31%
Average	16,306	13,890	4,064

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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