Admissions & selectivity
Virginia Commonwealth University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Virginia Commonwealth University?
Virginia Commonwealth University’s reported acceptance rate is 92.6%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 92.6%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Virginia Commonwealth University admitted 92.6% of the reported applicant pool, indicating that admission was available to most applicants in that cycle. This was above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size), so the school’s reported admission outcome sits above its peer midpoint.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Virginia Commonwealth University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Virginia Commonwealth University reported an average high-school GPA of 3.63 among enrolled first-year students, with 97.9% reporting a GPA. This average describes recent enrollees who reported a GPA, rather than an admission cutoff.
Applicants can compare their SAT score with the 1010 to 1260 range for the middle half of enrolled first-year submitters; 34% submitted SAT scores. The middle half of ACT submitters scored from 22 to 30, and 3% submitted ACT scores.
Class rank was reported by 16% of the entering class. Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 17% were in the highest tenth, 40% in the highest quarter, and 75% in the highest half.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Virginia Commonwealth University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
34% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1010
- Median
- 1140
- 75th percentile
- 1260
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
3% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 22
- Median
- 25
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Virginia Commonwealth University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Virginia Commonwealth University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 25.9%
- First-year retention
- 85.3%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Virginia Commonwealth University brings together a sizable Pell-recipient population and a notable transfer pathway. Pell Grant recipients make up 31.2% of undergraduates, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 25.9%.
Its undergraduate enrollment is 20,753 undergraduates, pointing to a campus that includes students receiving federal grant aid alongside those arriving from prior college study. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,658 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 2,326 admitted, and 1,413 enrolled.
First-year retention for full-time bachelor's-seeking students is 85.3%, against a peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 63.2%, just below the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell Grant recipients at Virginia Commonwealth University complete at a higher rate than the student body as a whole. Their six-year completion rate is 65.5%, which is 2.3 percentage points above the overall rate.
The university retains most of its first-year class and graduates Pell recipients at a rate that exceeds the overall figure. An enrolled student can look at retention and completion rates that sit near the peer medians, with no gap working against Pell students.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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