Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech

Every systems engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the systems engineering program at Virginia Tech stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year.

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

Virginia Tech Systems Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Virginia Tech

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Virginia Tech offers distance education options for systems engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Virginia Tech Systems Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Systems Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Systems Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in systems engineering from Virginia Tech in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a systems engineering master's degree from Virginia Tech, 67% were white. This is above 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 systems engineering.

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

Related Majors

• Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

Careers That Systems Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in systems engineering 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
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.