Virginia Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest 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 21% of high school students that applied.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of Virginia Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
	College	Acceptance Rate
W	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	21%
J	Jefferson College of Health Sciences Roanoke, VA	30%
R	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	30%
A	Averett University Non Traditional Programs Danville, VA	33%
H	Hampton University Hampton, VA	44%
V	Virginia Union University Richmond, VA	44%
L	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	56%
E	Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA	59%
H	Hampden Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA	59%
A	Averett University Danville, VA	61%
H	Hollins University Roanoke, VA	64%
B	Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA	66%
R	Randolph Macon College Ashland, VA	67%
S	Southern Virginia University Buena Vista, VA	69%
E	Emory and Henry College Emory, VA	70%
S	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	70%
V	Virginia Wesleyan College Norfolk, VA	70%
R	Roanoke College Salem, VA	72%
F	Ferrum College Ferrum, VA	75%
S	Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA	76%