Graduate Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Graduate School Overview

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (referred to as Virginia Tech) is a Public, 4 years school located in Blacksburg, VA.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1923 - Current).

Virginia Tech Directory Information
School Name	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Address	210 Burruss Hall, 800 Drillfield Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0131
Phone	540-231-6994
Web	https://WWW.VT.EDU
Online Application	https://vt.edu/apply.html
Financial Info	https://www.finaid.vt.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Virginia Tech is $18,013 for Virginia residents and $34,085 for out-of-state students. The school has 7,736 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 38,170 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 278 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 18 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$34,085 $18,013 for Virginia Residents
Student Population	7,736
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	278 graduate programs (18 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Virginia Tech is $18,013 for Virginia residents and $34,085 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $807 for Virginia residents and $1,626 for out-of-state students.

Virginia Tech offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Virginia Residents	$18,013
Out-of-State	$34,085
Tuition per Credit Hour
Virginia Residents	$807
Out-of-State	$1,626

Virginia Tech offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	18 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is $18,013 for Virginia residents and $34,085 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 5.09% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Virginia Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$13,310	$2,200	$26,825	$2,804
2019-2020	$13,701	$2,271	$27,614	$2,875
2020-2021	$13,701	$2,329	$27,614	$2,933
2021-2022	$14,098	$2,424	$28,415	$3,028
2022-2023	$14,521	$2,562	$29,267	$3,166
2023-2024	$15,234	$2,779	$30,702	$3,383

The graduate school tuition & fees of Virginia Tech is average compared to public graduate schools in Virginia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Virginia graduate tuition is $29,183 (public) / $17,620 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	$18,013	$34,085
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Virginia Graduate Schools	$14,604	$19,507
Public	$15,534	$29,183
Private	$17,620

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,154 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Virginia Tech.

On-campus living costs are increased by 15.47% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,844. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.70% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$8,934	$3,130	$8,934	$3,130
2019-2020	$9,342	$3,150	$9,342	$3,150
2020-2021	$9,556	$3,350	$9,556	$3,350
2021-2022	$10,110	$3,250	$11,580	$3,250
2022-2023	$12,680	$3,908	$12,028	$3,908
2023-2024	$14,888	$4,266	$12,578	$4,266

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $851 for Virginia residents and $1,709 for other students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 5.10% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Virginia Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$740	$1,490
2019-2020	$761	$1,534
2020-2021	$761	$1,534
2021-2022	$783	$1,579
2022-2023	$807	$1,626
2023-2024	$851	$1,709

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $57,721 for Virginia residents and $57,721 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at Virginia Tech.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
	Virginia Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$56,293	$1,428	$56,293	$1,428
Veterinary Medicine	$23,136	$2,562	$53,003	$3,166

Graduate Programs at Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University offers 200 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,696 students have completed their study at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Offered Degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	73	9	1,460
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	53	0	497
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	160
Post Bachelor's Degree	68	9	564
Post Master's Degree	4	0	15
Total	200	18	2,696

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Sustainability Studies program with 102 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other) program with 161 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Veterinary Medicine program with 119 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Sustainability Studies	✕	102	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✔	52	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✔	52	-
Security Science and Technology, General	✔	47	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✔	42	-

Popular Master's Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	✔	161	$94,800
Business Administration and Management	✕	120	$111,300
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	107	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✔	94	$62,800
Civil Engineering	✕	89	$70,100

Popular Doctorate Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Veterinary Medicine	✕	119	-
Medicine	✕	41	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	40	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	36	-
Civil Engineering	✕	34	-

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University offers 200 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,696 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,460 students have earned/completed Master's program.
160 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
564 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
15 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	8	-
Animal Sciences	✕	15	-
Dairy Science	✕	-	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	4	-
Horticultural Science	✕	-	-
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences	✕	10	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (1 completers)	121 completers	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✔	94	$62,800
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	✕	8	-
Forest Resources Production and Management	✕	19	-
Architecture [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Architecture	✕	-	$55,600
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	20	-
Landscape Architecture	✕	2	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	✕	38	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	4	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	268 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	107	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	✔	161	$94,800
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	110 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	66	$45,000
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	12	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	6	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	17	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✕	9	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (3 completers)	369 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✔	47	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	7	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	7	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	-	-
Civil Engineering	✕	89	$70,100
Computer Engineering	✕	62	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	47	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	10	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	6	-
Materials Engineering	✕	5	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	36	$70,400
Mining and Mineral Engineering	✕	5	-
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	✔	8	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	2	-
Systems Engineering	✔	12	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	✕	-	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	25	-
Engineering (other)	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✔	6	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	7	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	10	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	6	-
Creative Writing	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	1	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	25	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	7	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	-	-
Statistics	✕	7	-
Applied Statistics, General	✕	13	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	✕	6	-
Science, Technology and Society	✕	8	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	9	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
Human Services [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	28	$70,100
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	36 completers	-
Economics	✕	5	-
Geography	✕	13	-
Political Science and Government	✔	11	-
Sociology	✕	1	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	6	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Public Health	✕	38	$45,400
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	12	-
Business [+]	✕	197 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	120	$111,300
Accounting	✕	68	$58,900
Construction Management	✕	9	-
History [+]	✕	7 completers	-
History	✕	7	-
	Total	1,460

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	6	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	4	-
Horticultural Science	✕	2	-
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences	✕	5	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	✕	3	-
Forest Resources Production and Management	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Architecture	✕	7	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	22	-
Education [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	19	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	3	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	36	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	1	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	191 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	20	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	2	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	5	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	6	-
Civil Engineering	✕	34	-
Computer Engineering	✕	11	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	40	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	6	-
Materials Engineering	✕	8	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	24	-
Mining and Mineral Engineering	✕	7	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	1	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	✕	9	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	12	-
Engineering (other)	✕	6	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	7	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	11	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	11	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	10	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	9	-
Entomology	✕	6	-
Bioinformatics	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	16	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	7	-
Statistics	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Science, Technology and Society	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	46 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	27	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Physics	✕	13	-
Psychology [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Psychology	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	10	-
Geography	✕	-	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	5	-
Social Sciences (other)	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	11	-
	Total	497

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	119 completers	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	119	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Medicine	✕	41	-
	Total	160

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (1 completers)	52 completers	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✔	52	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	2	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	3	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	9 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	-	-
Engineering Mechanics	✕	-	-
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	✔	4	-
Nuclear Engineering	✔	1	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering (other)	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Statistics, General	✕	4	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Science, Technology and Society	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	11	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	-	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Public Health	✕	9	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Construction Management	✕	-	-
History	✕	-	-
	Total	564

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✕	13	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Administration	✕	-	-
	Total	15

Graduate Student Population at Virginia Tech

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 7,736 students enrolled into Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University graduate schools where it has total 38,170 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 5,713 full-time and 2,023 part-time graduate students. By gender, 4,309 male and 3,427 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,736	4,309	3,427
Full-time	5,713	3,134	2,579
Part-tme	2,023	1,175	848

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 3,527 White (45.59%), 375 Black/African American (4.85%), 444 Hispanic (5.74%), 453 Asian (5.86%), and 2,937 students with other races. 2,504 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,736	4,309	3,427
American Indian/Native American	8	4	4
Asian	453	260	193
Black/African American	375	188	187
Hispanic	444	214	230
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	3,527	1,753	1,774
Two More	213	104	109
Un-Known	211	132	79
Non-resident Alien	2,504	1,653	851

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,445 graduate students (18.68% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,053 graduate students (26.54% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	7,736
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,445
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,053
Not in Online Courses	4,238

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 2,328 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.09% of total students), 261 students are aged above 50 (3.37%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,736	4,309	3,427
Age 20-21	123	56	67
Age 22-24	2,205	1,141	1,064
Age 25-29	2,936	1,715	1,221
Age 30-34	1,165	678	487
Age 35-39	511	300	211
Age 40-49	535	280	255
Age 50-64	246	126	120
Over 64	15	13	2

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