Public Policy at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a public policy school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public policy program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Virginia Tech.

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

Virginia Tech Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Online Classes Are Available at Virginia Tech

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

Virginia Tech Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how Virginia Tech performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public policy major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Policy. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Value Public Policy Schools	49

Public Policy Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public policy from Virginia Tech in 2021, 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy 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 public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Administration

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Social Scientists	4,050	$110,090
Political Scientists	1,030	$128,590

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.