Test-optionalNo early plan
Virginia Commonwealth University
VA · Public · South · National university · 20,667 undergraduates (large)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
Overall admit rate92.3%
Early roundNo early plan
Regular round†92.3%no early round, so same as overall
† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
Admission rates
Overall
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
No early plan (Nov. 1 scholarship deadline; Jan. 15 regular decision) · School admissions page ↗
Testing
Testing policy
Fall 2027
Test-optionalScores needed only for Honors College guaranteed admission programsSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Superscoring
What this means:
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
The saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 9, 2026
Students submitting scores
Est. % submitting scores‡36.7%SAT 33.7% + ACT 3%
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Submitted SAT33.7%
1,442 students
Submitted ACT3%
127 students
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
SAT composite
1010–1260 median 1140
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
520–650 median 580
500800
SAT Math
490–620 median 550
450800
ACT composite
22–30 median 25
2036
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
SAT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
ACT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 14,973 | 86.8% | Not reported | 100% | 85% | 17% | 1080-1250 | 21-28 | |||
| 2020-21 ↗ | 15,739 | 90.6% | Not reported | 100% | 84% | 16% | 1060-1250 | 21-28 | |||
| 2021-22 ↗ | 16,433 | 92.7% | Not reported | 33.6% | 29% | 4.6% | 1080-1300 | 20-29 | |||
| 2022-23 ↗ | 16,696 | 90.7% | Not reported | 36% | 32% | 4% | 1040-1290 | 22-30 | |||
| 2023-24 ↗ | 17,886 | 92.7% | Not reported | 37% | 34% | 3% | 1040-1260 | 22-30 | |||
| 2024-25 ↗ | 19,572 | 92.3% | Not reported | 36.7% | 33.7% | 3% | 1010-1260 | 22-30 | |||
| 2025-26 | Common Data Set not found online | ||||||||||
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
- 2024: 61%
- 2022: 100%
- 2021: 100%
- 2020: 98%
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Required for some2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS
Notes
- Applied and admitted are the C1 totals by gender; the residency breakdown in the same file shows higher totals (24,804 applied; 20,769 admitted).