Virginia Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 30 private colleges in Virginia with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Washington and Lee University leads the list by accepting 22% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| W |
Washington and Lee University |
22% |
| L |
Liberty University |
30% |
| R |
University of Richmond |
33% |
| H |
Hampton University |
36% |
| J |
Jefferson College of Health Sciences |
39% |
| V |
Virginia Union University |
44% |
| H |
Hollins University |
48% |
| B |
Bridgewater College |
52% |
| E |
Eastern Mennonite University |
54% |
| H |
Hampden Sydney College |
55% |
| S |
Southern Virginia University |
56% |
| A |
Averett University Non Traditional Programs |
56% |
| A |
Averett University |
61% |
| R |
Randolph Macon College |
62% |
| R |
Roanoke College |
67% |
| V |
Virginia Wesleyan College |
70% |
| E |
Emory and Henry College |
72% |
| F |
Ferrum College |
72% |
| L |
University of Lynchburg |
75% |
| R |
Regent University |
78% |
