Admissions & selectivity
Virginia Military Institute Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Virginia Military Institute?
Virginia Military Institute’s reported acceptance rate is 71.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 71.3%
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.
Source: Virginia Military Institute Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Virginia Military Institute admits 71.2% of applicants, a rate that sits below the median of 83.4% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,232 first-year applicants and 1,655 admitted applicants, with 442 enrolling.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Virginia Military Institute students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores fell between 1090 and 1280, with a median of 1200. Only 3% of enrolled students submitted SAT scores, so the range describes a small slice of the class.
For the 3% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 21 to 28, with a median of 24. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 9% placed in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 31% in the highest quarter.
Applicants can compare their own standing with these figures, keeping in mind that they describe recent enrolled students rather than setting a floor for admission.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Virginia Military Institute. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
3% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1090
- Median
- 1200
- 75th percentile
- 1280
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
3% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 21
- Median
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 28
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Virginia Military Institute Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Virginia Military Institute?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16.5%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 5.9%
- First-year retention
- 81.0%
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 Military Institute is a public university in Lexington, Virginia, enrolling 1,527 undergraduates. The student body is drawn from a focused applicant pool: in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,232 first-year applicants, 1,655 admitted, and 442 enrolled.
16.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. An estimated 5.9% enter as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 107 transfer applicants, 55 admitted, and 29 enrolled. The composition suggests a campus where most students enter directly from high school.
Students who start at Virginia Military Institute tend to finish. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 76.2%, well above the peer median of 43.5% for comparable institutions.
Pell recipients in that same entering class complete at 81.3%, which is 5.1 percentage points above the overall rate. First-year retention is 81.0%, also above the peer median of 73.4%.
An enrolled student can expect a campus where most classmates return and the large majority earn a degree within six years.
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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