Mary Baldwin University acceptance rate & admissions

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Acceptance rate
Not reported

College Scorecard, Fall entering class

Test scores
Not reported

Share of students sending scores not reported.

IPEDS Admissions, Fall entering class

Admitted students who enroll
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Called “yield.” A high yield means many admitted students choose MBU over other offers.

IPEDS Admissions, Fall entering class

GPA and test scores of entering students

The middle 50% of first-time students who enrolled at MBU, as the state reports them, including high school GPA (federal data has no GPA). The source doesn't say whether GPAs are weighted; each college reports them as it records them.

EnteringGPASATACTCLT
Fall 20262.81–3.81———
Fall 20252.56–3.66950–1150——

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), B10 Admissions: First Time Freshman Profile, 2026-27. SAT omitted: 9 students reported; ACT omitted: 2 students reported; Entering freshmen 163; reporting SAT 9, ACT 2, GPA 155 ACT omitted: 4 students reported; Entering freshmen 204; reporting SAT 33, ACT 4, GPA 198

Who enrolls at MBU

First-year students who return for year two67%
First-year students from Virginia85%
Pell Grant recipients55%
First-generation students40%
Women / men75% / 25%
International students3%

College Scorecard; IPEDS

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS Admissions; years shown with each figure. “Colleges we cover” means colleges awarding bachelor's degrees to at least 100 undergraduates. Back to Mary Baldwin University overview