Virginia Tech

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 180,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 125 (91% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,400 (26%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (35%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 1,800 (6%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,901
Men / Women 57% / 43%
From State 61%
From Region 10%
Athletes 618 (2.1%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 57%
Asian 14%
Hispanic 10%
Black 6%
Mixed 6%
International 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 657 31% 70% 7% 4% 9% 1% $70,922 47 +0.80 72 97% 67%
Biochemistry 118 — 37% 58% 11% 4% 13% 1% $77,766 72 +0.56 81 96% — 67% — —
Agribusiness 39 — 51% 87% 5% 0% 3% 0% $80,366 68 +0.56 83 100% — 67% — —
Animal and Poultry Sciences 149 — 15% 72% 4% 5% 12% 0% $60,631 85 +0.64 52 97% — 67% — —
Crop and Soil Sciences 6 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,854 49 +0.04 55 98% — 67% — —
Dairy Science 20 — 20% 75% 5% 5% 5% 0% $60,631 85 +0.64 52 97% — 67% — —
Ecological Restoration 51 — 37% 78% 2% 2% 6% 2% $65,001 82 +0.80 62 93% — 67% — —
Environmental Horticulture 14 — 43% 86% 7% 0% 0% 7% $61,854 69 +0.40 55 98% — 67% — —
Food Science and Technology 22 — 45% 50% 18% 0% 9% 0% $87,268 99 +2.22 88 100% — 67% — —
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise 203 — 29% 69% 8% 6% 8% 0% $75,887 94 +1.13 79 98% — 67% — —
Integrated Agriculture Technologies 7 — 0% 86% 14% 0% 0% 0% $61,399 47 -0.01 54 100% — 67% — —
Plant Science 28 — 50% 82% 0% 0% 11% 0% $61,854 49 +0.04 55 98% — 67% — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Architecture, Arts, and Design 385 39% 61% 9% 7% 9% 4% $76,209 62 +1.61 79 95% 40%
Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management 81 — 40% 64% 5% 12% 6% 0% $81,923 99 +2.01 84 93% — 40% — —
Architecture 131 — 41% 53% 11% 7% 11% 9% $82,288 96 +1.63 85 96% — 40% — —
Industrial Design 35 — 51% 71% 9% 3% 6% 3% $80,097 94 +1.56 83 96% — 40% — —
Interior Design 39 — 10% 74% 8% 3% 5% 0% $80,097 94 +1.38 83 96% — 40% — —
Landscape Architecture 12 — 58% 67% 25% 0% 0% 0% $70,517 63 +0.28 72 97% — 40% — —
Music 18 — 72% 67% 11% 0% 17% 6% $41,782 28 -0.53 8 100% — 40% — —
Studio Art 49 — 29% 49% 6% 10% 14% 0% $64,844 97 +1.93 62 92% — 40% — —
Theatre Arts 20 +1 40% 80% 5% 0% 10% 0% $61,116 99 +2.42 53 100% — 40% — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering 2,137 81% 54% 17% 4% 10% 7% $119,072 99 +0.41 99 98% 70% 1310 1480
Aerospace Engineering 207 — 82% 65% 10% 2% 10% 2% $101,406 46 -0.16 95 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Biological Systems Engineering 45 — 51% 71% 13% 0% 7% 2% $93,056 74 +0.22 92 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Chemical Engineering 71 — 56% 55% 15% 7% 11% 1% $107,454 62 +0.20 97 99% — 70% 1310 1480
Civil Engineering 208 — 69% 63% 8% 6% 14% 3% $92,952 51 +0.09 92 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Computer Engineering 208 — 92% 46% 19% 6% 8% 10% $137,029 88 +0.94 100 100% — 70% 1310 1480
Electrical Engineering 102 — 95% 54% 11% 7% 10% 9% $109,683 40 -0.35 97 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Engineering Mechanics — — — — — — — — $102,073 71 +0.36 96 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Industrial and Systems Engineering 179 — 73% 55% 15% 2% 10% 11% $115,093 70 +0.09 98 96% — 70% 1310 1480
Materials Science and Engineering 59 — 73% 61% 8% 2% 15% 8% $93,283 42 -0.13 92 100% — 70% 1310 1480
Mechanical Engineering 310 — 90% 69% 9% 3% 10% 5% $102,415 72 +0.40 96 99% — 70% 1310 1480
Mining Engineering 21 — 76% 67% 0% 0% 19% 0% $100,156 38 -0.64 95 100% — 70% 1310 1480
Computer Science 527 — 80% 33% 35% 6% 8% 10% $155,056 85 +0.88 100 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Building Construction 120 — 88% 78% 2% 2% 12% 1% $109,323 79 +0.79 97 100% — 70% 1310 1480
Construction Engineering and Management 47 — 85% 53% 13% 6% 11% 4% $109,634 82 +0.82 97 98% — 70% 1310 1480
Packaging Science 33 — 73% 55% 9% 9% 21% 3% $81,277 18 -0.62 84 100% — 70% 1310 1480
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1,213 37% 69% 4% 7% 12% 0% $70,546 46 +0.82 72 95% 59%
Applied Economics 22 — 50% 77% 5% 9% 9% 0% $83,127 31 -0.56 85 97% — 59% — —
English 74 — 19% 74% 4% 5% 11% 0% $68,904 97 +2.01 69 95% — 59% — —
History 29 — 76% 69% 10% 3% 10% 0% $63,220 84 +0.61 58 97% — 59% — —
Modern Languages and Literatures 59 +1 37% 76% 2% 3% 5% 0% $79,577 100 +3.31 82 94% — 59% — —
Philosophy 47 — 49% 64% 9% 6% 9% 2% $76,432 87 +1.13 79 86% — 59% — —
Religion and Culture 7 — 57% 71% 0% 29% 0% 0% $63,051 94 +1.51 58 — — 59% — —
Communication 293 — 38% 70% 3% 7% 11% 0% $70,036 76 +0.76 71 96% — 59% — —
Human Development 135 — 9% 72% 6% 5% 10% 1% $59,144 84 +0.70 48 95% — 59% — —
International Relations 99 — 46% 61% 3% 3% 24% 0% $83,765 85 +0.57 86 94% — 59% — —
Political Science 200 — 55% 66% 5% 8% 14% 0% $78,448 76 +0.46 81 96% — 59% — —
Public Policy and Administration 43 — 35% 58% 12% 2% 12% 0% $56,153 8 -1.18 40 100% — 59% — —
Sociology 161 +1 34% 67% 2% 11% 12% 1% $64,462 88 +0.69 61 96% — 59% — —
Elementary Education 23 — 4% 87% 0% 4% 4% 4% $62,733 95 +1.55 57 — — 59% — —
Secondary Education 21 — 33% 71% 14% 5% 5% 0% $64,767 89 +1.14 62 — — 59% — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Natural Resources and Environment 232 56% 75% 3% 3% 7% 1% $62,987 19 +0.26 58 97% 65%
Meteorology 35 — 63% 74% 3% 6% 9% 0% $74,621 87 +0.86 77 97% — 65% — —
Environmental Resources Management — — — — — — — — $92,271 100 +4.22 91 97% — 65% — —
Forestry 78 — 50% 77% 4% 3% 6% 1% $64,389 61 +0.27 61 94% — 65% — —
Forestry 14 — 64% 64% 7% 0% 14% 7% $64,389 61 +0.27 61 94% — 65% — —
Wildlife Conservation 66 — 42% 74% 3% 2% 9% 0% $53,325 46 -0.15 32 100% — 65% — —
Geography 39 — 82% 77% 3% 3% 0% 3% $65,591 70 +0.40 63 100% — 65% — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Science 1,212 46% 58% 15% 5% 11% 4% $78,169 67 +0.24 81 97% 70%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 138 — 73% 36% 28% 7% 7% 18% $124,257 79 +0.60 99 — — 70% — —
Chemistry 62 — 52% 69% 8% 2% 10% 3% $77,578 80 +0.58 81 97% — 70% — —
Geosciences 25 — 60% 88% 0% 0% 8% 0% $55,420 13 -0.87 38 97% — 70% — —
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 10 — 40% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $55,420 13 -0.87 38 97% — 70% — —
Mathematics 75 — 87% 55% 19% 3% 8% 11% $87,533 64 +0.08 89 98% — 70% — —
Nanoscience & Nanomedicine 66 — 47% 62% 5% 5% 17% 2% $79,821 85 +0.80 83 — — 70% — —
Physics 41 — 83% 63% 7% 0% 17% 5% $94,953 84 +0.82 93 95% — 70% — —
Physics & Interdisciplinary Course 21 — 62% 57% 19% 5% 5% 5% $78,941 37 -0.33 82 — — 70% — —
Statistics 31 — 74% 58% 19% 6% 6% 3% $89,938 31 -0.59 90 100% — 70% — —
Biological Sciences 253 — 28% 60% 12% 3% 13% 2% $68,244 60 +0.21 68 96% — 70% — —
Computational Biology 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,096 64 +0.23 77 — — 70% — —
Microbiology 23 — 43% 65% 22% 4% 4% 0% $81,390 95 +1.49 84 96% — 70% — —
Economics 92 — 78% 55% 14% 3% 13% 4% $83,127 31 -0.56 85 97% — 70% — —
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 176 — 26% 62% 17% 6% 9% 1% $64,049 13 -0.79 60 100% — 70% — —
Psychology 197 — 21% 58% 13% 8% 13% 2% $63,278 91 +1.25 58 94% — 70% — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Pamplin College of Business 1,735 61% 56% 18% 6% 11% 3% $106,358 97 +0.83 97 98% 56%
Business Information Technology 610 +1 66% 38% 32% 9% 10% 7% $121,034 89 +1.11 99 98% — 56% — —
Accounting and Information Systems 146 — 55% 64% 12% 4% 12% 1% $105,025 87 +1.16 96 99% — 56% — —
Finance 356 — 76% 67% 10% 3% 12% 2% $108,041 74 +0.31 97 99% — 56% — —
Hospitality and Tourism Management 46 — 24% 74% 9% 2% 11% 2% $67,632 85 +0.64 67 97% — 56% — —
Management 228 +2 53% 61% 12% 4% 13% 3% $90,271 82 +0.66 90 98% — 56% — —
Marketing Management 241 — 38% 65% 11% 5% 10% 0% $92,439 88 +1.16 91 98% — 56% — —
Real Estate 108 — 72% 70% 2% 6% 12% 1% $101,248 58 +0.23 95 100% — 56% — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine 117 21% 50% 9% 21% 15% 2% $70,119 44 +0.46 71 95%
Public Health 117 — 21% 50% 9% 21% 15% 2% $70,119 74 +0.46 71 95% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,887
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $36,521
Est. In-State Cost $17,964
Est. Out-of-State Cost $47,244
ROI Percentile 92th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%
4-Year Graduation Rate 69%
6-Year Graduation Rate 86%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 18.3% 1,410 80% 60% 12% 4% 11% 6% $107,652 71 +0.21 97 98% —
Social Sciences 17.5% 1,343 35% 66% 7% 7% 12% 1% $68,188 82 +0.48 68 96% —
Computer Science 16.6% 1,275 73% 36% 33% 7% 9% 9% $135,445 83 +0.96 99 98% —
Business & Economics 16.1% 1,239 59% 65% 10% 4% 12% 2% $96,996 83 +0.56 94 98% —
Agriculture & Food Science 9.1% 697 34% 73% 6% 4% 8% 1% $67,235 76 +0.68 66 97% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.2% 396 32% 60% 12% 3% 13% 2% $71,874 70 +0.39 74 96% —
Arts 5.0% 385 39% 61% 9% 7% 9% 4% $76,209 99 +1.61 79 95% —
Physical Sciences & Math 4.8% 366 65% 65% 10% 3% 11% 4% $80,692 51 +0.28 83 97% —
Humanities 2.8% 216 39% 72% 5% 6% 8% 0% $72,505 95 +1.97 75 93% —
Professional 2.6% 200 84% 68% 6% 4% 13% 2% $104,768 97 +0.56 96 99% —
Health Sciences 1.5% 117 21% 50% 9% 21% 15% 2% $70,119 20 +0.46 71 95% —
Education 0.6% 44 18% 80% 7% 5% 5% 2% $63,704 92 +1.35 59 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $277M #13 48% $25.3M 202 #11 1,147 84
Agriculture & Food Science $117M #20 33% $4.5M 50 #6 230 51
Life & Natural Sciences $64.4M #74 52% $0.8M 55 #45 369 40
Health Sciences $61.2M #76 45% $0.5M — — — 2
Physical Sciences & Math $43.3M #80 59% $0.5M 43 #72 414 73
Computer Science $41.8M #13 51% $1.9M 24 #37 318 12
Humanities & Social Sciences $15.1M #131 41% $0.7M 57 #92 252 8
Business & Economics $11.2M #60 25% $0.0M 20 #61 60 —
Education $3.0M #145 54% $0 45 #72 — —
Total $635M #53 46% $34.3M 496 #37 2,790 270

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 124 $79.7M $37.8M $41.9M
Track & Field (combined) 118 $383K $2.6M -$2.3M
Baseball 45 $1.3M $4.0M -$2.7M
Wrestling 38 $627K $2.6M -$2.0M
Swimming & Diving 34 $262K $1.8M -$1.6M
Soccer 28 $273K $2.0M -$1.7M
Basketball 15 $8.5M $9.5M -$1.0M
Tennis 13 $145K $1.0M -$873K
Golf 8 $158K $715K -$557K
Total 360 $91.4M $62.1M $29.3M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 88 $379K $3.0M -$2.6M
Swimming & Diving 49 $265K $2.2M -$1.9M
Soccer 36 $442K $2.3M -$1.8M
Lacrosse 33 $426K $2.2M -$1.8M
Softball 22 $673K $2.7M -$2.1M
Volleyball 19 $348K $1.8M -$1.4M
Tennis 15 $140K $1.2M -$1.0M
Basketball 11 $2.0M $4.5M -$2.4M
Golf 6 $202K $1.0M -$837K
Total 258 $4.9M $20.9M -$15.9M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 206 $762K $5.6M -$4.9M
Football 124 $79.7M $37.8M $41.9M
Swimming & Diving 83 $527K $4.0M -$3.5M
Soccer 64 $715K $4.3M -$3.6M
Baseball 45 $1.3M $4.0M -$2.7M
Wrestling 38 $627K $2.6M -$2.0M
Lacrosse 33 $426K $2.2M -$1.8M
Tennis 28 $286K $2.2M -$1.9M
Basketball 26 $10.5M $14.0M -$3.4M
Softball 22 $673K $2.7M -$2.1M
Volleyball 19 $348K $1.8M -$1.4M
Golf 14 $360K $1.8M -$1.4M
Total 618 $151.6M $149.0M $2.6M

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 64%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Early Action Nov 15
Regular Decision Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 50% 74% 70%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 50%
SAT Range 1270 – 1440
SAT Math Range 640 – 730
SAT RW Range 640 – 720