Tightest Virginia Colleges to Get In

Tightest Virginia Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following 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 13.97% for academic year 2023-2024 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 (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Washington and Lee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLexington, VA	13.97%	8,213	1,147	472	41.15%
2	University of Virginia-Main Campus Public, four-yearsCharlottesville, VA	16.81%	58,951	9,909	3,961	39.97%
3	University of Richmond Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUniversity of Richmond, VA	22.20%	16,152	3,585	841	23.46%
4	University of Virginia's College at Wise Public, four-yearsWise, VA	28.54%	6,581	1,878	284	15.12%
5	William & Mary Public, four-yearsWilliamsburg, VA	34.07%	17,798	6,064	1,614	26.62%
6	Regent University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsVirginia Beach, VA	38.12%	8,414	3,207	690	21.52%
7	Hampden-Sydney College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHampden-Sydney, VA	40.92%	3,177	1,300	296	22.77%
8	University of Lynchburg Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLynchburg, VA	43.01%	6,948	2,988	438	14.66%
9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Public, four-yearsBlacksburg, VA	54.78%	52,498	28,758	7,289	25.35%
10	Averett University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDanville, VA	56.59%	2,573	1,456	263	18.06%

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Tightest Virginia Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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