Virginia Commonwealth University's admit rate has risen 9.4 percentage points across the 20 reported years on file.
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 | 83.7% | 4,449 | 63.0% | 85.3% | 1,140 |
| 2023-2024 | 91.6% | 1,649 | 65.0% | 86.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 90.7% | 4,223 | 64.5% | 84.8% | 1,160 |
| 2021-2022 | 92.7% | 4,151 | 67.5% | 83.8% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 90.6% | 3,827 | 66.1% | 83.1% | — |
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.
Admit rate has tightened 6.9 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Virginia Commonwealth University's admit rate fell from 90.6% (2020-2021) to 83.7% (2024-2025) — a 6.9 pp drop. Year-over-year: 90.6 → 92.7 → 90.7 → 91.6 → 83.7. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
3 of 4 cross-admit schools are in VA — Virginia Commonwealth University draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Virginia Commonwealth University's 83.7% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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