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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $11,689 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $36,951.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $81,698 ten years after entering, the 97th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 86% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1872
Enrollment, 2023
40,514
Website
vt.edu
Motto
“Ut Prosim”
Campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. It was founded as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872.

From the Wikipedia article “Virginia Tech”, revision 1359914300, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $36,951 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $11,670 and $34,201 a year depending on income at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Statement of cost · Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$36,951
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$11,689
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$24,953
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$15,948

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $11,689; $30–48k: $11,670; $48–75k: $17,894; $75–110k: $25,835; over $110k: $34,201. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$11,689
$30k–$48k$11,670
$48k–$75k$17,894
$75k–$110k$25,835
Over $110k$34,201

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $81,698; the median graduate who borrowed owes $21,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$67,377
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$75,717
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
97th percentile among public 4-years
$81,698
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
68th percentile among public 4-years
$21,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$19,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $67,377; 8 yrs after entry: $75,717; 10 yrs after entry: $81,698. Median graduate debt: $21,500. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $21,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$67,377
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$75,717
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$81,698
Median graduate debt$21,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree526$135,082$20,500
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree486$109,446$21,700
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree359$101,795$22,500
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree342$97,664$23,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree315$63,097$20,500
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralMaster's Degree307not reportednot reported
Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree261$68,867$25,000
MarketingBachelor's Degree257$82,451$22,500
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree247$58,977$22,151
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's Degree246$100,423$26,000
Civil EngineeringBachelor's Degree242$84,707$25,760
Industrial EngineeringBachelor's Degree240$103,958$22,870
Show all 27 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree240$78,729$22,535
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree233$123,589$26,000
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree225$65,239$20,613
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree215not reported$23,000
SociologyBachelor's Degree211$53,098$22,859
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree209$56,451$21,500
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree200$72,652$24,250
Data ScienceBachelor's Degree173not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree146$154,116not reported
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherMaster's Degree166$137,783not reported
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringMaster's Degree50not reportednot reported
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical SciencesDoctoral Degree14not reportednot reported
Mechanical EngineeringMaster's Degree52$116,720not reported
Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degreenot reportednot reported$20,500
Industrial EngineeringMaster's Degree47not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: 30,923 undergraduates; 15% of students receive Pell grants; 55% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

55%

13th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

30,923

95th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

15%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

7th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

86%

finish within 150% of normal time

97th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

18%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$89,378

99th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k15%
  • $30k–$48k11%
  • $48k–$75knot reported
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k15%
$30k–$48k11%
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,429 people who studied at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, most often in science & academia (57%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 57% (1,489 people); medicine 0.3% (8 people); law 0.8% (20 people); politics & gov 3.6% (95 people); business 1.5% (40 people); engineering & tech 4.4% (116 people); writing & journalism 1.8% (48 people); film & stage 0.9% (24 people); music 0.3% (9 people); visual arts 0.9% (24 people); sports 27% (703 people); religion 0.1% (4 people); military 1.3% (34 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,48957.0%
medicine80.3%
law200.8%
politics & gov953.6%
business401.5%
engineering & tech1164.4%
writing & journalism481.8%
film & stage240.9%
music90.3%
visual arts240.9%
sports70326.9%
religion40.1%
military341.3%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (1,199) · basketball player (532) · university teacher (201) · American football player (102) · politician (81) · engineer (51) · statistician (50) · academic (45)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 5% for the 1880s to 27% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 5 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1850snot reported6not reported
1860snot reported9not reported
1870snot reported9not reported
1880s1195%
1890snot reported19not reported
1900snot reported6not reported
1910s1195%
1920s1412%
1930s4439%
1940s115517%
1950s128912%
1960s197620%
1970s136018%
1980s207820%
1990s297727%
2000s143827%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 40,601 in 2018-10.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0614,296
2026-0518,574
2026-0418,373
2026-0316,515
2026-0215,509
2026-0117,309
2025-1219,754
2025-1129,344
2025-1023,284
2025-0926,193
2025-0824,415
2025-0718,112
2025-0616,574
2025-0520,095
2025-0421,255
2025-0326,816
2025-0219,841
2025-0124,572
2024-1223,984
2024-1125,294
2024-1025,842
2024-0931,202
2024-0829,888
2024-0720,820
2024-0619,311
2024-0522,089
2024-0424,922
2024-0326,487
2024-0225,313
2024-0127,291
2023-1227,440
2023-1126,602
2023-1027,970
2023-0934,662
2023-0828,067
2023-0722,001
2023-0621,618
2023-0523,222
2023-0425,806
2023-0330,335
2023-0224,583
2023-0124,038
2022-1222,127
2022-1127,809
2022-1027,055
2022-0931,445
2022-0826,298
2022-0724,298
2022-0622,754
2022-0529,978
2022-0425,178
2022-0328,960
2022-0224,791
2022-0122,029
2021-1224,848
2021-1126,107
2021-1026,404
2021-0929,468
2021-0823,262
2021-0721,159
2021-0617,095
2021-0518,992
2021-0421,996
2021-0324,565
2021-0218,356
2021-0119,654
2020-1221,433
2020-1120,186
2020-1019,683
2020-0917,502
2020-0819,822
2020-0716,434
2020-0616,476
2020-0520,067
2020-0422,394
2020-0318,821
2020-0220,841
2020-0124,861
2019-1229,451
2019-1130,549
2019-1028,195
2019-0927,845
2019-0826,359
2019-0720,599
2019-0620,786
2019-0523,152
2019-0431,147
2019-0337,735
2019-0222,399
2019-0128,667
2018-1231,798
2018-1135,315
2018-1040,601
2018-0937,395
2018-0833,128
2018-0726,024
2018-0632,680
2018-0526,031
2018-0427,277
2018-0332,019
2018-0229,974
2018-0126,043
2017-1225,823
2017-1128,046
2017-1036,635
2017-0931,609
2017-0824,176
2017-0718,684
2017-0616,915
2017-0520,142
2017-0427,449
2017-0330,087
2017-0225,704
2017-0125,208
2016-1228,915
2016-1134,503
2016-1028,890
2016-0930,788
2016-0821,820
2016-0718,924
2016-0620,753
2016-0520,799
2016-0421,678
2016-0322,478
2016-0223,039
2016-0122,371
2015-1223,466
2015-1127,092
2015-1027,379
2015-0939,528
2015-0824,808
2015-0719,186

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Robert Coleman Richardson Physics 1996

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 13 portraits

Also recorded: Seung-Hui Cho, Lewis Binford.

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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