Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at VMI

At Virginia Military Institute, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.85%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.98%. VMI's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Virginia Military Institute than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 49.79%, and the 2024 yield is 48.96%.

The number of VMI applicants decreased by -1.76% (21 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.85%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.98% at Virginia Military Institute. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 58.30% and women students' rate is 56.64%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Virginia Military Institute than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.32%	45.59%	62.09%
2014-15	44.40% -2.92%	43.20% -2.38%	52.47% -9.61%
2015-16	52.84% 8.44%	52.20% 8.99%	57.14% 4.67%
2016-17	50.95% -1.89%	52.38% 0.19%	43.30% -13.84%
2017-18	53.14% 2.19%	53.84% 1.46%	49.45% 6.15%
2018-19	51.30% -1.84%	50.68% -3.16%	54.36% 4.91%
2019-20	59.54% 8.24%	61.25% 10.57%	51.97% -2.39%
2020-21	59.88% 0.35%	62.62% 1.37%	48.50% -3.48%
2021-22	63.98% 4.09%	63.99% 1.37%	62.09% 13.60%
2022-23	71.06% 7.08%	72.52% 8.53%	64.76% 2.67%
2023-24	81.98% 10.92%	83.02% 10.50%	76.96% 12.20%
Average	57.85%	58.30%	56.64%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 49.79% where the current academic year yield is 48.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52.73%	53.72%	46.56%
2014-15	51.33% -1.40%	51.57% -2.15%	50.00% 3.44%
2015-16	48.19% -3.14%	50.12% -1.44%	36.36% -13.64%
2016-17	50.27% 2.07%	51.17% 1.04%	44.44% 8.08%
2017-18	48.96% -1.31%	50.64% -0.53%	39.26% -5.19%
2018-19	52.37% 3.41%	52.75% 2.11%	50.62% 11.36%
2019-20	53.44% 1.07%	54.29% 1.54%	48.97% -1.65%
2020-21	52.16% -1.27%	54.69% 0.39%	38.62% -10.34%
2021-22	47.02% -5.14%	49.02% -5.67%	36.05% -2.57%
2022-23	42.27% -4.76%	43.10% -5.92%	38.24% 2.19%
2023-24	48.96% 6.69%	50.00% 6.90%	43.31% 5.08%
Average	49.79%	51.01%	42.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,648, the average number of admitted is 925, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 461.

The number of VMI applicants decreased by -1.76% (21 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,012	952	502
2014-15	2,036 1.19%	904 -5.04%	464 -7.57%
2015-16	1,779 -12.62%	940 3.98%	453 -2.37%
2016-17	1,843 3.60%	939 -0.11%	472 4.19%
2017-18	1,718 -6.78%	913 -2.77%	447 -5.30%
2018-19	1,768 2.91%	907 -0.66%	475 6.26%
2019-20	1,515 -14.31%	902 -0.55%	482 1.47%
2020-21	1,543 1.85%	924 2.44%	482
2021-22	1,549 0.39%	991 7.25%	466 -3.32%
2022-23	1,192 -23.05%	847 -14.53%	358 -23.18%
2023-24	1,171 -1.76%	960 13.34%	470 31.28%
Average	1,648	925	461

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Virginia Military Institute and similar schools.