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Engineering at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 390 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Virginia Tech

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Virginia Tech offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Virginia Tech Engineering Rankings

There were 179 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Engineering Master’s Program

24% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 390 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Virginia Tech, about 76% were men and 24% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 157
International Students 185
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Virginia Tech. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering 103
Electrical Engineering 97
Mechanical Engineering 90
Computer Engineering 70
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 49
Industrial Engineering 38
Materials Engineering 19
Biomedical Engineering 16
Agricultural Engineering 16
Chemical Engineering 15
Engineering Mechanics 14
Environmental Engineering 12
Other Engineering 10
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 7
Mining Engineering 7
Systems Engineering 6
Nuclear Engineering 5
Marine Engineering 1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Civil Engineers 10,610 $94,780
Computer Network Architects 9,700 $123,050
Cost Estimators 9,220 $74,160

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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