Plant Sciences at Virginia Tech

If you plan to study plant sciences, take a look at what Virginia Tech has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Plant Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Plant Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Plant Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Plant Sciences

Virginia Tech Plant Sciences Rankings

The plant sciences major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Plant Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in plant sciences, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Plant Sciences Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the plant sciences majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of plant sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in plant sciences at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in plant sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech Plant Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of plant sciences master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a plant sciences master's degree from Virginia Tech, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in plant sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Plant Sciences

If you plan to be a plant sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Horticultural Science	32
Agronomy & Crop Science	28

Related Majors

• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• Food Science Technology
• Agricultural Production
• Agricultural Economics & Business
• General Agriculture

Careers That Plant Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in plant sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	680	$54,190
Conservation Scientists	600	$75,370
Soil and Plant Scientists	130	$68,660
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	40	$84,630

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

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