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Virginia Tech Overview

Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The city atmosphere of Blacksburg makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Virginia Tech Known For?

8,138 Undergraduate Awards
$37,885 Avg Cost After Aid
57% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Virginia Tech is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period99% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Virginia Tech bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $81,698 a year. That's about 100% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Virginia Tech?

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Contact details for Virginia Tech are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 210 Burruss Hall, 800 Drillfield Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0131
Phone: 540-231-6994
Website: www.vt.edu

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How Do I Get Into Virginia Tech?

You can apply to Virginia Tech online at: vt.edu/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Virginia Tech

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Virginia Tech?

57% Acceptance Rate
46% Of Accepted Are Women
39% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 57%, Virginia Tech does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 54% of accepted students are men and 46% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 63%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Virginia Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 700. Math scores were between 620 and 730.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Virginia Tech  ( 620 to 700 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Virginia Tech  ( 620 to 730 )
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800
Virginia Tech received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Virginia Tech  ( 26 to 34 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Virginia Tech  ( 27 to 32 )
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36

Can I Afford Virginia Tech?

$37,885 Net Price
43% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Virginia Tech is $37,885. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Virginia Tech, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $10,100 a year. That adds up to $40,400 over four years for those students.

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Virginia Tech Undergraduate Student Diversity

29,112 Full-Time Undergraduates
43% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 30,020 undergraduate students at Virginia Tech, with 29,112 being full-time and 908 being part-time.

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There are also 7,004 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 29,112 full-time undergraduates at Virginia Tech, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Virginia Tech students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,233
Black or African American 1,419
Hispanic or Latino 2,256
White 18,260
International Students 1,693
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,251

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Virginia Tech. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 115 countries are represented at Virginia Tech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Virginia Tech Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Information Systems 0 526 3 307 18 854
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 486 0 0 0 486
Business Administration & Management 0 240 54 146 0 440
Mechanical Engineering 0 342 0 52 26 420
Finance & Financial Management 0 359 2 0 0 361
Civil Engineering 0 242 0 81 35 358
General Biology 0 315 0 5 21 341
Computer Engineering 0 233 0 81 15 329
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 246 0 57 24 327
Industrial Engineering 0 240 0 47 11 298
General Psychology 0 247 0 15 12 274
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 261 0 3 6 270
Marketing 0 257 0 0 0 257
Communication & Media Studies 0 225 0 7 0 232
Sociology 0 211 0 10 7 228
Human Development & Family Studies 0 209 0 3 6 218
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 215 0 0 0 215
Political Science & Government 0 200 2 10 0 212
Accounting 0 142 0 67 0 209
Electrical Engineering 0 111 0 50 33 194
Animal Science 0 162 0 11 11 184
Data Science 0 173 0 0 0 173
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 137 0 31 0 168
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 0 166 0 166
Public Health 0 107 6 53 0 166
Natural Resource Management 0 12 53 94 0 159
International Relations & National Security 0 138 1 0 0 139
Economics 0 101 3 7 12 123
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 0 121 121
Construction Management 0 113 0 4 0 117
Real Estate 0 112 0 0 0 112
Forestry 0 81 0 15 6 102
Chemical Engineering 0 88 0 1 10 99
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 97 0 0 0 97
Biomedical Engineering 0 59 0 19 16 94
Mathematics 0 74 0 11 7 92
Sustainability Science 0 0 89 0 0 89
Human Sciences Business Services 0 87 0 0 0 87
General English Literature 0 77 0 7 0 84
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 2 71 10 83
Chemistry 0 53 0 6 18 77
Materials Engineering 0 53 0 15 7 75
Construction Engineering 0 74 0 0 0 74
Wildlife Management 0 73 0 0 0 73
Design & Applied Arts 0 72 0 0 0 72
Security Science and Technology 0 0 70 0 0 70
Agricultural Engineering 0 54 0 7 6 67
Educational Administration 0 0 12 16 36 64
Plant Sciences 0 44 0 6 9 59
Public Policy 0 54 5 0 0 59
Fine & Studio Arts 0 59 0 0 0 59
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 58 0 0 58
Hospitality Management 0 56 1 0 0 57
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 53 0 3 0 56
Geography & Cartography 0 37 7 10 2 56
Physics 0 42 0 5 6 53
General Agriculture 0 12 0 40 0 52
History 0 43 0 6 0 49
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 29 0 18 0 47
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 0 47 0 0 47
Mining Engineering 0 37 0 3 5 45
Public Administration 0 0 23 17 4 44
Medicine 0 0 0 0 43 43
Philosophy 0 38 0 5 0 43
Drama & Theater Arts 0 35 0 6 0 41
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 40 0 0 0 40
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 26 11 37
Natural Resources Conservation 0 37 0 0 0 37
Data Analytics 0 0 35 0 0 35
Agricultural Production 34 0 0 0 0 34
Statistics 0 19 0 7 6 32
Computer Systems Networking 0 0 30 0 0 30
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 19 0 4 7 30
Computer Programming 0 0 29 0 0 29
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 28 0 28
Engineering Mechanics 0 9 0 10 8 27
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 25 0 0 0 25
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 10 14 24
Music 0 23 0 0 0 23
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 20 0 20
Religious Studies 0 20 0 0 0 20
Student Counseling 0 0 0 15 4 19
Management Information Systems 0 0 18 0 0 18
Food Science Technology 0 17 0 0 0 17
Engineering-Related Fields 0 17 0 0 0 17
Systems Engineering 0 0 1 16 0 17
Applied Statistics 0 0 1 16 0 17
Other Physical Science 0 17 0 0 0 17
Urban Studies 0 0 0 7 10 17
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0 16 16
Landscape Architecture 0 13 0 1 0 14
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 1 7 6 14
Writing Studies 0 0 0 9 2 11
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 5 0 0 5 10
Data Processing 0 0 10 0 0 10
Other Engineering 0 0 1 2 7 10
Environmental Design 0 0 0 0 8 8
Information Science 0 0 8 0 0 8
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 8 0 8
Nuclear Engineering 0 0 0 5 3 8
Educational Assessment 0 0 4 0 3 7
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 2 5 0 7
Fisheries Sciences 0 0 0 2 5 7
Surveying Engineering 0 0 6 0 0 6
General Architecture 0 0 0 0 5 5
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 0 1 3 4
Historic Preservation 0 0 0 4 0 4
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 4 0 0 4
Zoology 0 0 0 0 3 3
Ethnic Studies 0 0 3 0 0 3
International Studies 0 0 3 0 0 3
Homeland Security 0 0 3 0 0 3
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 3 3
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 0 0 2 2
Graphic Communications 0 0 0 2 0 2
Marine Engineering 0 0 0 2 0 2
Gerontology 0 0 2 0 0 2
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 2 0 0 2
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 1 0 0 1
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behavioral Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Human Computer Interaction 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 34 8,104 602 1,801 674 11,215

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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