Virginia Tech
Basic Information
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
30,435
Men / Women
57% / 43%
White
52%
Asian
13%
Hispanic
9%
Black
6%
Mixed
5%
International
5%
Native American
0%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences
21%
Engineering
19%
Computer Science & Math
17%
Business & Economics
16%
Arts
5%
Professional
2%
Health Sciences
1%
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$13,548
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$35,408
Est. In-State Cost
$17,526
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$45,804
10-Year ROI
$274,000
ROI Percentile
96th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
93%
4-Year Graduation Rate
69%
6-Year Graduation Rate
86%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Weather
Comfortable Days
125 (91th pctl)
Sunshine Hours
2,400 (26th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation
239 (35th pctl)
Muggyness
Nice
Admissions
Acceptance Rate
47%
Yield (Unbound)
23%
Early Action
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 1
Research
Research Level
R1
Expenditure
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $329M | #14 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $277M | #68 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $21M | #77 |
Graduate Degrees
| Engineering, Computing & Math | 251 | #14 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 295 | #93 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 106 | #187 |
Honors College
Name
Honors College
Students
1,800 (6%)
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
test_optional
Submitted Test Scores
50%
SAT Range
1310
–
1420
SAT Math Range
640
–
730
SAT RW Range
640
–
720
ACT Range
28
–
32
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | 652 | 28% / 72% | 2% | $61,194 | |
| Animal and Poultry Sciences | 146 — | 14% / 86% | 1% | $48,966 | |
| Biochemistry | 114 — | 36% / 64% | 1% | $64,235 | |
| Crop and Soil Sciences | 14 — | 36% / 64% | 0% | $49,150 | |
| Dairy Science | 13 — | 15% / 85% | 8% | $48,966 | |
| Ecological Restoration | 46 — | 28% / 72% | 0% | $64,661 | |
| Environmental Horticulture | 28 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $49,150 | |
| Food Science and Technology | 23 — | 35% / 65% | 4% | $65,868 | |
| Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise | 224 — | 24% / 76% | 2% | $68,185 | |
| Integrated Agriculture Technologies | 10 — | 30% / 70% | 0% | $48,034 | |
| Agribusiness | 34 — | 56% / 44% | 3% | $73,020 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Architecture, Arts, and Design | 384 | 40% / 60% | 12% | $59,630 | |
| Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management | 61 — | 44% / 56% | 8% | $69,414 | |
| Architecture | 133 — | 47% / 53% | 28% | — | |
| Industrial Design | 36 — | 47% / 53% | 0% | $65,049 | |
| Interior Design | 38 — | 5% / 95% | 3% | $65,049 | |
| Landscape Architecture | 18 — | 50% / 50% | 6% | $69,876 | |
| Music | 14 — | 57% / 43% | 0% | — | |
| Studio Art | 60 — | 32% / 68% | 3% | $49,650 | |
| Theatre Arts | 24 +1 | 42% / 58% | 4% | $35,322 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Engineering | 2,129 | 79% / 21% | 9% | $109,836 | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 202 — | 84% / 16% | 2% | $99,429 | |
| Biological Systems Engineering | 31 — | 52% / 48% | 10% | $79,663 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 78 — | 67% / 33% | 3% | $98,212 | |
| Civil Engineering | 215 — | 73% / 27% | 2% | $91,719 | |
| Computer Engineering | 192 — | 85% / 15% | 16% | $122,365 | |
| Electrical Engineering | 107 — | 85% / 15% | 17% | $102,126 | |
| Engineering Mechanics | |||||
| Industrial and Systems Engineering | 207 — | 70% / 30% | 13% | $102,929 | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 37 — | 70% / 30% | 8% | $89,836 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 351 +1 | 84% / 16% | 8% | $106,131 | |
| Mining Engineering | 12 — | 92% / 8% | 0% | $95,803 | |
| Computer Science | 517 — | 80% / 20% | 13% | $133,745 | |
| Building Construction | 94 — | 87% / 13% | 2% | $96,118 | |
| Construction Engineering and Management | 69 — | 74% / 26% | 9% | $95,873 | |
| Packaging Science | 17 — | 65% / 35% | 12% | $97,473 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 1,203 | 38% / 62% | 1% | $63,529 | |
| Applied Economics | 18 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $85,901 | |
| Communication | 249 — | 44% / 56% | 2% | $64,593 | |
| English | 81 +1 | 22% / 78% | 0% | $55,789 | |
| History | 39 — | 77% / 23% | 3% | $53,922 | |
| Human Development | 172 — | 7% / 93% | 1% | $55,892 | |
| International Relations | 116 — | 41% / 59% | 0% | $73,471 | |
| Modern Languages and Literatures | 60 — | 25% / 75% | 0% | $62,333 | |
| Philosophy | 56 — | 59% / 41% | 5% | $74,797 | |
| Political Science | 181 — | 53% / 47% | 1% | $71,933 | |
| Public Policy and Administration | 48 — | 44% / 56% | 2% | $67,707 | |
| Religion and Culture | 13 — | 46% / 54% | 0% | — | |
| Sociology | 163 +2 | 36% / 64% | 1% | $52,572 | |
| Secondary Education | 7 — | 43% / 57% | 0% | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Natural Resources and Environment | 248 | 54% / 46% | 1% | $57,646 | |
| Environmental Resources Management | 6 — | 67% / 33% | 0% | $90,214 | |
| Forestry | 88 — | 55% / 45% | 0% | $61,294 | |
| Forestry | 11 — | 55% / 45% | 9% | $61,294 | |
| Meteorology | 39 — | 72% / 28% | 0% | $61,004 | |
| Wildlife Conservation | 71 — | 38% / 62% | 0% | $44,689 | |
| Geography | 33 — | 61% / 39% | 3% | $64,695 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Science | 1,352 | 46% / 54% | 4% | $66,107 | |
| Computational Modeling and Data Analytics | 158 — | 77% / 23% | 7% | — | |
| Mathematics | 72 — | 72% / 28% | 19% | $69,734 | |
| Statistics | 21 — | 67% / 33% | 19% | $73,394 | |
| Biological Sciences | 293 — | 31% / 69% | 2% | $62,472 | |
| Chemistry | 58 — | 48% / 52% | 3% | $69,775 | |
| Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience | 219 — | 29% / 71% | 0% | — | |
| Computational Biology | 7 — | 14% / 86% | 0% | — | |
| Geosciences | 21 — | 86% / 14% | 0% | $67,965 | |
| Microbiology | 27 — | 26% / 74% | 0% | — | |
| Nanoscience & Nanomedicine | 67 — | 55% / 45% | 1% | — | |
| Physics | 50 — | 82% / 18% | 18% | $77,573 | |
| Physics & Interdisciplinary Course | 12 — | 75% / 25% | 8% | — | |
| Economics | 91 — | 73% / 27% | 5% | $85,901 | |
| Psychology | 256 — | 26% / 74% | 1% | $58,393 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamplin College of Business | 1,629 | 64% / 36% | 4% | $100,832 | |
| Business Information Technology | 541 +1 | 68% / 32% | 7% | $108,362 | |
| Accounting and Information Systems | 128 — | 62% / 38% | 1% | $99,378 | |
| Finance | 329 +1 | 76% / 24% | 4% | $100,787 | |
| Hospitality and Tourism Management | 42 — | 29% / 71% | 0% | $59,516 | |
| Management | 223 — | 65% / 35% | 1% | $115,269 | |
| Marketing Management | 279 — | 46% / 54% | 1% | $81,635 | |
| Real Estate | 87 — | 77% / 23% | 1% | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine | 105 | 23% / 77% | 3% | $68,695 | |
| Public Health | 105 — | 23% / 77% | 3% | $68,695 |
Rankings
Fun and Games
Michelin Star Meal Plan
Best Food
Three Stars
Engineering
It Actually IS Rocket Science
Aerospace Engineering
Wind Tunnel Wizards
Farming with Numbers
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Farm to Lab
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
High-Vis Vests & Factory Floor Grunts
Playing House
Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Elite
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dangerously Grounded
Drill, Baby, Drill
Energy & Mining Engineering
My Precious
Hugging Trees with Calculus
Environmental Engineering
Carbon Crushers
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr
Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Classics
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Alloy Stars
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Defense Budget Beneficiaries
We Glow In The Dark
Nuclear Engineering
Atom Splitters
Computer Science & Math
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better.
Artificial Intelligence
Soon Jumping on the AI Bandwagon...
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer
Computer Science
10k-Student Server Crashers
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again?
Information Technology
Cybersecurity & Cloud Titans
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Mitosis Mode
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Plastics, Polymers & Profitable Patents
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Sedimentary Scholars
Photosynthesis Fan Club
Ecology & Plant Biology
Petal Pushers
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Green Scholars
Better Eating Through Chemistry
Food Science & Nutrition
Beakers and Bagels
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers
Plant & Agricultural Systems
Harvest Season
Puppies Over People
Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
Aggies with Stethoscopes (Veterinary Sciences)
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
Spherical Cow Enthusiasts
X-Ray Vision Required
Clinical Diagnostics
Read the Slides
Health Sciences
Where Diagnoses Begin
Laboratory Sciences
Sample Slingers
Business & Economics
LIFO the Party
Accounting
Spreadsheet Soldiers
Show Me the Bushels
Agribusiness & Economics
Bushels and Balance Sheets
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
Comparative Advantage State Anchors
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Fortune 500 Feeders
May I Take Your Order?
Hospitality & Tourism
Industry Connected
Office Politics 101
Human Resources
Culture Architects
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers
Sports & Entertainment Business
Aspiring Ari Golds
Humanities & Social Sciences
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time
Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Compost Curriculum
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Grassroots
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
Cubicle Whisperers
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective
Education
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Chalkboard Champions
Hablas Pedagogy?
Languages Education
Conjugation Crew
History Repeats Itself
Social Sciences Education
Document-Based Question Crew
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers
Specific Subjects Education
Niche Educators
Show Your Work, Then Teach It
STEM Education
Equation Educators
Arts
Sleep Deprivation by Design
Architecture
Blueprint Masters
Professional
The Hard Hat Caste
Construction
Permit-Ready
You Can't Handle The Truth
Military
Senior Military Colleges