Statistics at Virginia Tech

If you plan to study statistics, 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 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 Statistics section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Statistics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Stats
• Master’s Degree in Stats

Virginia Tech Statistics Rankings

The stats major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Statistics. 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in stats, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Stats Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Statistics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of stats bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its stats bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech Statistics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of stats master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Of the students who received a stats master's degree from Virginia Tech, 71% 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 stats.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Statistics

If you plan to be a stats major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Statistics	43

Related Majors

• Applied Statistics
• Mathematics
• Applied Mathematics

Careers That Stats Grads May Go Into

A degree in stats 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
Mathematical Science Professors	2,030	$68,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Statisticians	1,180	$87,700
Mathematicians	440	$121,240
Survey Researchers	330	$59,410

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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