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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.

1,460 Master's Degrees
657 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Virginia Tech?

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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

7,519 Graduate Students
43% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,519 graduate students at Virginia Tech, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 419
Black or African American 400
Hispanic or Latino 414
White 3,573
International Students 2,224
Other Races/Ethnicities 489

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.

Online Learning at Virginia Tech

1,625 Took All Classes Online
21,016 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 21,016 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Virginia Tech has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 8th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Virginia Tech majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Natural Resources & Conservation 3%

Virginia Tech Graduate Concentrations

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

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 161 0 161
Business Administration & Management 36 120 0 156
Natural Resource Management 53 94 0 147
Computer Information Systems 5 107 22 134
Civil Engineering 0 89 34 123
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 119 119
Sustainability Science 102 0 0 102
Electrical Engineering 0 47 40 87
Curriculum & Instruction 0 66 19 85
Computer Engineering 0 62 11 73
Educational Administration 15 18 39 72
Accounting 0 68 0 68
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 47 20 67
Security Science and Technology 64 0 0 64
Mechanical Engineering 0 36 24 60
Teacher Education Grade Specific 58 0 0 58
Public Health 11 38 0 49
Public Administration 13 28 3 44
Health/Medical Prep Programs 42 0 0 42
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 25 16 41
Medicine 0 0 41 41
Industrial Engineering 3 25 12 40
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 38 0 38
Data Analytics 35 0 0 35
Chemistry 0 5 27 32
General Biology 0 7 21 28
Computer Programming 26 0 0 26
Computer Systems Networking 25 0 0 25
Forestry 0 19 3 22
Animal Science 0 15 6 21
General Agriculture 0 21 0 21
Management Information Systems 21 0 0 21
Human Development & Family Studies 0 10 11 21
Urban & Regional Planning 0 20 0 20
Student Counseling 0 17 2 19
Geography & Cartography 6 13 0 19
General Psychology 0 6 12 18
Economics 3 5 10 18
Applied Statistics 4 13 0 17
Physics 0 4 13 17
Engineering Mechanics 0 10 6 16
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 10 5 15
Writing Studies 0 8 6 14
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 7 7 14
History 7 7 0 14
Mathematics 0 7 7 14
Science, Technology & Society 0 8 6 14
Materials Engineering 0 5 8 13
Biomedical Engineering 0 7 5 12
Marine Engineering 4 8 0 12
Mining Engineering 0 5 7 12
Systems Engineering 0 12 0 12
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 12 0 12
Statistics 0 7 5 12
Political Science & Government 1 11 0 12
General Business/Commerce 0 0 11 11
Teacher Education Subject Specific 2 9 0 11
Fisheries Sciences 0 8 3 11
Urban Studies 0 6 5 11
Plant Sciences 0 4 6 10
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 4 6 10
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 9 9
Construction Management 0 9 0 9
Agricultural Engineering 0 7 2 9
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 9 9
Philosophy 0 9 0 9
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 8 0 8
Data Processing 8 0 0 8
Educational Assessment 7 0 1 8
Other Engineering 1 1 6 8
General Architecture 0 0 7 7
Graphic Communications 0 7 0 7
Information Science 7 0 0 7
Drama & Theater Arts 0 7 0 7
Zoology 0 0 6 6
Chemical Engineering 0 0 6 6
Environmental Engineering 0 6 0 6
General English Literature 0 6 0 6
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 6 0 6
Historic Preservation 0 6 0 6
Sociology 0 1 5 6
Communication & Media Studies 0 4 0 4
Nuclear Engineering 1 2 1 4
Other Social Sciences 0 0 4 4
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 3 3
Ethnic Studies 3 0 0 3
Gerontology 3 0 0 3
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 3 0 0 3
Landscape Architecture 0 2 0 2
Surveying Engineering 2 0 0 2
International Studies 2 0 0 2
International Relations & National Security 2 0 0 2
Finance & Financial Management 1 0 0 1
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 0 0 1
Community Organization & Advocacy 1 0 0 1
Design & Applied Arts 1 0 0 1
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0
Food Science Technology 0 0 0 0
Environmental Design 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
Hospitality Management 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
Applied Mathematics 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
Homeland Security 0 0 0 0
Public Policy 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 579 1,460 657 2,696

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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