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Tightest Virginia Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Virginia colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Washington and Lee University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 16.96% for academic year 2022-2023 in Virginia. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Virginia.
Tightest Virginia Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Washington and Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLexington, VA
16.96%7,2241,22547638.86%
2University of Virginia-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsCharlottesville, VA
18.66%50,9269,5034,02242.32%
3University of Richmond
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUniversity of Richmond, VA
24.37%14,3643,50185124.31%
4Regent University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsVirginia Beach, VA
32.34%6,9892,26052223.10%
5William & Mary
Public, four-yearsWilliamsburg, VA
33.50%18,0876,0591,64227.10%
6Hampden-Sydney College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHampden-Sydney, VA
39.79%3,2621,29827921.49%
7Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Public, four-yearsBlacksburg, VA
56.98%45,32125,8257,16627.75%
8Bluefield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBluefield, VA
63.01%98462014924.03%
9Virginia Military Institute
Public, four-yearsLexington, VA
71.06%1,19284735842.27%
10Hollins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRoanoke, VA
72.40%3,2752,3712108.86%