Villanova University's admit rate has held within a 7.3-point band over 7 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 27.0% | 1,740 | 91.9% | 95.2% | 1,450 |
| 2023-2024 | 25.1% | 1,740 | 92.0% | 95.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 23.4% | 1,779 | — | 96.1% | 1,440 |
| 2021-2022 | 25.2% | 1,772 | 91.0% | 95.9% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 30.7% | 1,700 | 92.3% | 96.3% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 36 percentage points.
Villanova University's 91.9% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 35.6 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Villanova University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 13.5% admit to 54.1% admit — a 40.6 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
Villanova University's 95.2% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 18.5 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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