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Virginia Tech

Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach National

Location Blacksburg, VA

Population 180,000

Website https://www.vt.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,435

Men / Women 57% / 43%

White 52%

Asian 13%

Hispanic 9%

Black 6%

Mixed 5%

International 5%

Native American 0%

From State 61%

From Region 10%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 22%

Engineering 19%

Business & Economics 16%

Computer Science 16%

Life & Natural Sciences 15%

Arts 5%

Physical Sciences & Math 4%

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 (91% 😎)

Sunshine Hours 2,400 (26%)

Days Without Precipitation 239 (35%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 55%

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	#92
Humanities & Social Sciences	106	#186

Honors College

Name Honors College

Students 1,800 (6%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy 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 estimated median 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. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	652	28% / 72%	2%	$61,806		96%
Animal and Poultry Sciences	146 —	14% / 86%	1%	$49,456	31	96%
Biochemistry	114 —	36% / 64%	1%	$64,877	70	92%
Crop and Soil Sciences	14 —	36% / 64%	0%	$49,641	32	100%
Dairy Science	13 —	15% / 85%	8%	$49,456	31	96%
Ecological Restoration	46 —	28% / 72%	0%	$65,308	71	96%
Environmental Horticulture	28 —	50% / 50%	0%	$49,641	32	100%
Food Science and Technology	23 —	35% / 65%	4%	$66,527	73	100%
Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise	224 —	24% / 76%	2%	$68,867	76	96%
Integrated Agriculture Technologies	10 —	30% / 70%	0%	$48,514	29	96%
Agribusiness	34 —	56% / 44%	3%	$73,750	82	100%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Architecture, Arts, and Design	384	40% / 60%	12%	$67,411		95%
Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management	61 —	44% / 56%	8%	$70,108	78	92%
Architecture	133 —	47% / 53%	28%	$82,356	89	96%
Industrial Design	36 —	47% / 53%	0%	$65,699	71	95%
Interior Design	38 —	5% / 95%	3%	$65,699	71	95%
Landscape Architecture	18 —	50% / 50%	6%	$70,575	79	97%
Music	14 —	57% / 43%	0%	$47,067	25	100%
Studio Art	60 —	32% / 68%	3%	$50,147	33	94%
Theatre Arts	24 +1	42% / 58%	4%	$35,675	5	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Engineering	2,129	79% / 21%	9%	$108,562		95%
Aerospace Engineering	202 —	84% / 16%	2%	$100,423	97	93%
Biological Systems Engineering	31 —	52% / 48%	10%	$80,460	88	97%
Chemical Engineering	78 —	67% / 33%	3%	$99,194	97	94%
Civil Engineering	215 —	73% / 27%	2%	$84,707	91	99%
Computer Engineering	192 —	85% / 15%	16%	$123,589	99	97%
Electrical Engineering	107 —	85% / 15%	17%	$103,147	98	84%
Engineering Mechanics	— —	—	—	$94,752	96	—
Industrial and Systems Engineering	207 —	70% / 30%	13%	$103,958	98	96%
Materials Science and Engineering	37 —	70% / 30%	8%	$90,734	94	96%
Mechanical Engineering	351 +1	84% / 16%	8%	$97,664	96	95%
Mining Engineering	12 —	92% / 8%	0%	$96,761	96	100%
Computer Science	517 —	80% / 20%	13%	$135,082	100	96%
Building Construction	94 —	87% / 13%	2%	$97,079	96	96%
Construction Engineering and Management	69 —	74% / 26%	9%	$96,832	96	100%
Packaging Science	17 —	65% / 35%	12%	$98,448	97	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences	1,203	38% / 62%	1%	$64,037		94%
Applied Economics	18 —	50% / 50%	0%	$86,760	92	97%
Communication	249 —	44% / 56%	2%	$65,239	71	97%
English	81 +1	22% / 78%	0%	$56,347	51	93%
History	39 —	77% / 23%	3%	$54,461	46	90%
Human Development	172 —	7% / 93%	1%	$56,451	52	94%
International Relations	116 —	41% / 59%	0%	$74,206	83	86%
Modern Languages and Literatures	60 —	25% / 75%	0%	$62,956	66	92%
Philosophy	56 —	59% / 41%	5%	$75,545	84	86%
Political Science	181 —	53% / 47%	1%	$72,652	81	98%
Public Policy and Administration	48 —	44% / 56%	2%	$68,384	76	96%
Religion and Culture	13 —	46% / 54%	0%	$56,596	52	—
Sociology	163 +2	36% / 64%	1%	$53,098	42	98%
Secondary Education	7 —	43% / 57%	0%	$56,258	51	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Natural Resources and Environment	248	54% / 46%	1%	$58,223		97%
Meteorology	39 —	72% / 28%	0%	$61,614	64	97%
Environmental Resources Management	6 —	67% / 33%	0%	$91,116	94	97%
Forestry	88 —	55% / 45%	0%	$61,907	64	99%
Forestry	11 —	55% / 45%	9%	$61,907	64	99%
Wildlife Conservation	71 —	38% / 62%	0%	$45,136	19	96%
Geography	33 —	61% / 39%	3%	$65,342	71	92%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Science	1,352	46% / 54%	4%	$68,324		95%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics	158 —	77% / 23%	7%	$87,861	92	—
Chemistry	58 —	48% / 52%	3%	$70,473	79	92%
Geosciences	21 —	86% / 14%	0%	$68,645	76	94%
Mathematics	72 —	72% / 28%	19%	$70,431	78	95%
Nanoscience & Nanomedicine	67 —	55% / 45%	1%	$74,496	83	—
Physics	50 —	82% / 18%	18%	$78,349	86	80%
Physics & Interdisciplinary Course	12 —	75% / 25%	8%	$74,987	83	—
Statistics	21 —	67% / 33%	19%	$74,128	83	100%
Biological Sciences	293 —	31% / 69%	2%	$63,097	67	94%
Computational Biology	7 —	14% / 86%	0%	$64,563	69	—
Microbiology	27 —	26% / 74%	0%	$65,908	72	100%
Economics	91 —	73% / 27%	5%	$86,760	92	97%
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience	219 —	29% / 71%	0%	$58,520	57	100%
Psychology	256 —	26% / 74%	1%	$58,977	58	94%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Pamplin College of Business	1,629	64% / 36%	4%	$95,783		96%
Business Information Technology	541 +1	68% / 32%	7%	$109,446	98	98%
Accounting and Information Systems	128 —	62% / 38%	1%	$94,502	95	98%
Finance	329 +1	76% / 24%	4%	$101,795	97	94%
Hospitality and Tourism Management	42 —	29% / 71%	0%	$60,111	61	100%
Management	223 —	65% / 35%	1%	$78,729	87	92%
Marketing Management	279 —	46% / 54%	1%	$82,451	89	96%
Real Estate	87 —	77% / 23%	1%	$93,664	95	100%

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine		105	23% / 77%	3%	$69,382		95%
Public Health		105 —	23% / 77%	3%	$69,382	77	95%

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