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 2017/18 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	21%
J	Jefferson College of Health Sciences	30%
R	University of Richmond	30%
A	Averett University Non Traditional Programs	33%
H	Hampton University	44%
V	Virginia Union University	44%
L	Liberty University	56%
E	Eastern Mennonite University	59%
H	Hampden Sydney College	59%
A	Averett University	61%
H	Hollins University	64%
B	Bridgewater College	66%
R	Randolph Macon College	67%
S	Southern Virginia University	69%
E	Emory and Henry College	70%
S	Shenandoah University	70%
V	Virginia Wesleyan College	70%
R	Roanoke College	72%
F	Ferrum College	75%
S	Sweet Briar College	76%