Tightest Virginia Colleges to Get In

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 18.85% for academic year 2021-2022 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 (2021-2022)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Washington and Lee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLexington, VA	18.85%	6,621	1,248	484	38.78%
2	University of Virginia-Main Campus Public, four-yearsCharlottesville, VA	20.74%	47,971	9,951	3,889	39.08%
3	University of Richmond Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUniversity of Richmond, VA	28.77%	13,955	4,015	876	21.82%
4	William & Mary Public, four-yearsWilliamsburg, VA	36.54%	17,475	6,386	1,684	26.37%
5	Hampden-Sydney College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHampden-Sydney, VA	36.81%	2,907	1,070	222	20.75%
6	Regent University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsVirginia Beach, VA	40.71%	5,240	2,133	438	20.53%
7	Averett University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDanville, VA	47.72%	3,462	1,652	231	13.98%
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Public, four-yearsBlacksburg, VA	56.47%	42,054	23,746	6,758	28.46%
9	Virginia Military Institute Public, four-yearsLexington, VA	63.91%	1,549	990	461	46.57%
10	Bluefield University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBluefield, VA	72.25%	800	578	116	20.07%

Tightest Virginia Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest Virginia Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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