Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Admissions Profile
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is located in Blacksburg, VA. It serves roughly 30,339 students with a student-faculty ratio near 17:1. Recent admissions cycles report an acceptance rate around 57%. Estimated in-state tuition is $14,586 ($34,838 for out-of-state). Graduates report median earnings near $64,400.
Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education. As Virginia’s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 37,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and manages a research portfolio of more than $556 million. The university fulfills its land-grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia. Through a combination of its missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech strives to accomplish the charge of its motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).