Record-breaking admissions: The latest cycle, by the numbers

After the Supreme Court decision last June banning race-based admissions, students and admissions officers navigated a more complicated admissions process this year as application numbers continue to rise. The University does not provide information about applicants’ race until after it closes the waitlist, likely sometime in June.  

This year, just under 59,000 students applied for admission to UVA, up 4 percent from 2023 and up 17 percent from 2022. UVA extended offers to 9,665 of those students as it hopes to fill a class of about 3,970. 

Here’s how the numbers shook out as of March 19: