Hollins University's admit rate has risen 10.9 percentage points across the 12 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 67.5% | 219 | 59.0% | 71.7% | 1,190 |
| 2024-2025 | 68.0% | 184 | — | 74.0% | 1,240 |
| 2023-2024 | 70.9% | 192 | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 72.3% | 210 | 65.6% | — | 1,195 |
| 2021-2022 | 74.7% | 234 | 58.7% | 74.4% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 7.2 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Hollins University's admit rate fell from 74.7% (2021-2022) to 67.5% (2025-2026) — a 7.2 pp drop. Year-over-year: 74.7 → 72.3 → 70.9 → 68.0 → 67.5. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Hollins University's 67.5% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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