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Common Data Set 2024-2025

University of Virginia-Main Campus

VA · Public · ~17,900 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
16.8%

University of Virginia-Main Campus's admit rate has held within a 1.9-point band over 3 reported cycles.

SAT · 50th
1470
Range 1410–1520
6-yr grad
95.6%
Retention 97.9%
Undergrads
17,901
14:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Virginia-Main Campus's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set. View source →
University of Virginia-Main Campus Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate16.8% SAT (50th)1,470 ACT (50th)33 Undergraduates17,901 6-yr graduation95.6% Retention97.9% Tuition (FT)$56,994 Student–faculty ratio14:1

Recent years

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.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202516.8%3,96195.6%97.9%1,470
2023-202416.9%3,96695.3%98.0%
2022-202318.7%4,03095.0%97.0%
2021-2022
2020-2021

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What the data says about University of Virginia-Main Campus

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.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 39 percentage points.

University of Virginia-Main Campus's 95.6% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 39.3 pp.

02

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools University of Virginia-Main Campus applicants most commonly also apply to range from 5.4% admit to 37.0% admit — a 31.6 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

03

First-year retention is among the highest in the index.

University of Virginia-Main Campus's 97.9% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 21.2 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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