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University of Virginia-Main Campus Early Decision Acceptance Rate 2025-2026
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What is University of Virginia-Main Campus's early decision acceptance rate?
University of Virginia-Main Campus admitted 27.7% of its Early Decision applicants — 1,376 of 4,969 — according to its 2025-2026 Common Data Set. Everyone else in the same applicant pool was admitted at 14.6%, so the Early Decision rate was 1.9x the rest. These are the counts the school itself reported, not an estimate.
Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus's Common Data Set 2025-2026.
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What University of Virginia-Main Campus reported · Common Data Set 2025-2026 · checked Oct 2026
Early Decision · 1,376 admitted of 4,969 applied
27.7%
Everyone else in the same pool
14.6%
Early Decision rate ÷ rest-of-pool rate
1.9x
This compares two rates the school published for two groups of applicants. The Early Decision pool is not a random slice of the applicants — recruited athletes, legacy applicants and QuestBridge matches are counted inside it — so this is a difference between the school’s two pools, not a multiplier on your own chances.
Acceptance rate outside Early Decision at University of Virginia-Main Campus
Outside Early Decision, University of Virginia-Main Campus admitted 8,710 of 59,488 applicants in the 2025-2026 cycle: 14.6%. That counts everyone who did not apply Early Decision.
Calculated from published counts · Common Data Set 2025-2026 · checked Oct 2026
Does applying early decision to University of Virginia-Main Campus help?
On University of Virginia-Main Campus's figures, Early Decision applicants were admitted at 1.9x the rate of everyone else: 27.7% against 14.6%. That does not mean applying early would lift your own odds that much. Recruited athletes, legacy applicants and QuestBridge matches sit inside that pool, so part of the gap is who applies early, not when.
Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus's Common Data Set 2025-2026.
Is early decision at University of Virginia-Main Campus binding?
Yes. Early Decision is binding wherever it is offered, University of Virginia-Main Campus included: you may apply Early Decision to only one school, and if admitted you commit to attend and withdraw your other applications. The usual exception is an aid offer your family cannot afford, so check the costs on this page before you apply.
Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus's Common Data Set 2025-2026.
When is University of Virginia-Main Campus's early decision deadline?
For the 2026-27 application cycle, University of Virginia-Main Campus set its Early Decision deadline at Nov 1, 2026. Regular Decision applications are due Jan 5, 2027. Early Decision is binding: if admitted, you commit to attend, so compare the costs on this page before that date, not after an offer arrives.
Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle, checked Sep 27, 2026.
Admitted SAT · middle 50% · College Scorecard 2024
1410–1540
Half of admitted students scored inside this range. It is the admitted band, not a minimum and not a cutoff, and it covers the whole entering class rather than the Early Decision round alone.
What families actually pay (AY 2023–24)
Early Decision is binding, so accepting one ends the option of comparing two aid offers. These are the published averages before that choice is made.
Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard).
In-state students only.
International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.
Across the 8 recorded cycles from 2017 to 2024, University of Virginia-Main Campus's overall acceptance rate fell from 27.4% to 16.8%. That is the whole entering class — Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision together — not the Early Decision round on its own.
See the year-by-year series →Common Data Set — the school's own annual filing, published by the school itself for the cycle named beside each figure. Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus’s 2025-2026 Common Data Set.