Virginia Tech Graduate Programs

Virginia Tech is a public institution situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Virginia Tech?

Contact details for Virginia Tech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	210 Burruss Hall, 800 Drillfield Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0131
Phone:	540-231-6994
Website:	www.vt.edu

Virginia Tech Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,004 graduate students at Virginia Tech, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Virginia Tech graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	402
Black or African American	376
Hispanic or Latino	364
White	3,556
International Students	1,808
Other Races/Ethnicities	498

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Virginia Tech. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 115 countries are represented at Virginia Tech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Virginia Tech Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Information Systems	3	307	18	328
Business Administration & Management	54	146	0	200
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	166	0	166
Natural Resource Management	53	94	0	147
Veterinary Medicine	0	0	121	121
Civil Engineering	0	81	35	116
Computer Engineering	0	81	15	96
Sustainability Science	89	0	0	89
Curriculum & Instruction	2	71	10	83
Electrical Engineering	0	50	33	83
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	57	24	81
Mechanical Engineering	0	52	26	78
Security Science and Technology	70	0	0	70
Accounting	0	67	0	67
Educational Administration	12	16	36	64
Public Health	6	53	0	59
Teacher Education Grade Specific	58	0	0	58
Industrial Engineering	0	47	11	58
Health/Medical Prep Programs	47	0	0	47
Public Administration	23	17	4	44
Medicine	0	0	43	43
General Agriculture	0	40	0	40
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	26	11	37
Biomedical Engineering	0	19	16	35
Data Analytics	35	0	0	35
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	31	0	31
Computer Systems Networking	30	0	0	30
Computer Programming	29	0	0	29
Urban & Regional Planning	0	28	0	28
General Psychology	0	15	12	27
General Biology	0	5	21	26
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	0	10	14	24
Chemistry	0	6	18	24
Animal Science	0	11	11	22
Materials Engineering	0	15	7	22
Economics	3	7	12	22
Forestry	0	15	6	21
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	20	0	20
Student Counseling	0	15	4	19
Geography & Cartography	7	10	2	19
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	18	0	18
Management Information Systems	18	0	0	18
Engineering Mechanics	0	10	8	18
Mathematics	0	11	7	18
Systems Engineering	1	16	0	17
Applied Statistics	1	16	0	17
Sociology	0	10	7	17
Urban Studies	0	7	10	17
General Business/Commerce	0	0	16	16
Plant Sciences	0	6	9	15
Science, Technology & Society	1	7	6	14
Agricultural Engineering	0	7	6	13
Statistics	0	7	6	13
Political Science & Government	2	10	0	12
Chemical Engineering	0	1	10	11
Writing Studies	0	9	2	11
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	4	7	11
Physics	0	5	6	11
Data Processing	10	0	0	10
Other Engineering	1	2	7	10
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	3	6	9
Human Development & Family Studies	0	3	6	9
Environmental Design	0	0	8	8
Information Science	8	0	0	8
Environmental Engineering	0	8	0	8
Mining Engineering	0	3	5	8
Nuclear Engineering	0	5	3	8
Communication & Media Studies	0	7	0	7
Educational Assessment	4	0	3	7
Teacher Education Subject Specific	2	5	0	7
General English Literature	0	7	0	7
Fisheries Sciences	0	2	5	7
Surveying Engineering	6	0	0	6
History	0	6	0	6
Drama & Theater Arts	0	6	0	6
General Architecture	0	0	5	5
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	5	5
Philosophy	0	5	0	5
Public Policy	5	0	0	5
Construction Management	0	4	0	4
Polymer & Plastics Engineering	0	1	3	4
Historic Preservation	0	4	0	4
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	4	0	0	4
Zoology	0	0	3	3
Ethnic Studies	3	0	0	3
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	3	0	3
International Studies	3	0	0	3
Homeland Security	3	0	0	3
Other Social Sciences	0	0	3	3
Botany/Plant Biology	0	0	2	2
Finance & Financial Management	2	0	0	2
Graphic Communications	0	2	0	2
Marine Engineering	0	2	0	2
Gerontology	2	0	0	2
Interdisciplinary Studies	2	0	0	2
Landscape Architecture	0	1	0	1
Entrepreneurial Studies	1	0	0	1
Hospitality Management	1	0	0	1
International Relations & National Security	1	0	0	1
Agricultural Production	0	0	0	0
Food Science Technology	0	0	0	0
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	0
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	0	0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0
Real Estate	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0
Construction Engineering	0	0	0	0
Human Sciences Business Services	0	0	0	0
Behavioral Science	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0
Human Computer Interaction	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0
Wildlife Management	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	0	0
Other Physical Science	0	0	0	0
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	602	1,801	674	3,077

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
• Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.