Villanova acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Villanova admitted 7,272 of 25,841 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 28.1%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Villanova counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Villanova acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25,841 | 7,272 | 28.1% | 1,805 | 24.8% |
| 2024-25 | 23,256 | 6,274 | 27.0% | 1,740 | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23,127 | 5,810 | 25.1% | 1,740 | 29.9% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Villanova
Villanova waitlist
Villanova SAT and ACT scores
What Villanova says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Villanova rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Recommendations, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
Villanova testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional. Villanova's first-year applicants page says it remains test-optional through the 2026-27 admission campaign (Class of 2031). Self-reported scores are accepted and superscored.
From Villanova’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2025-26 C1 totals are the residency table totals. Early decision counts combine both rounds.
Villanova acceptance rate questions
- What is the Villanova acceptance rate?
- Villanova's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 25,841 first-year applicants and 7,272 admitted, an acceptance rate of 28.1%. It was 27.0% in 2024-25 and 25.1% in 2023-24.
- What is the Villanova early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 1,005 of 1,680 early decision applicants were admitted (59.8%), against 28.1% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Villanova students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1420 to 1490, and ACT submitters scored 32 to 34. 19.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Villanova waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Villanova offered 5,449 applicants a place on the waitlist; 2,205 accepted one, and 28 were admitted from it.
- Does Villanova require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional. Villanova's first-year applicants page says it remains test-optional through the 2026-27 admission campaign (Class of 2031). Self-reported scores are accepted and superscored.
Applying to Villanova?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Villanova says it weighs.
Source: Villanova Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Villanova. All official acceptance rates