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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
925 Prices Fork Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061


Fax number: (540) 231-3242
Website: https://vt.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 91%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 1514 men, 884 women
Full-time faculty: 1362 men, 773 women
Part-time faculty: 152 men, 111 women
Graduation rate: 87% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Agricultural Production Operations, General
  • Agriculture, General
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Economics
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Engineering
  • Construction Management, General
  • Dairy Science
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Economics, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, Other
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Food Science
  • Food Science and Technology, Other
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forestry, General
  • Forestry, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Studies
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Interior Design
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • International Relations and National Security Studies, Other
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Management Science
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Meteorology
  • Microbiology, General
  • Mining and Mineral Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Nanotechnology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Neuroscience
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Packaging Science
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other
  • Real Estate
  • Religion/Religious Studies, Other
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
Diplomas

  • Administration of Special Education
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • Adult Development and Aging
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Air Transportation, Other
  • Applied Statistics, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business Analytics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Civil Engineering, Other
  • Community Organization and Advocacy
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Construction Management, General
  • Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy
  • Data Analytics, General
  • Development Economics and International Development
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering, Other
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, Other
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Family Psychology
  • Flagging and Traffic Control
  • Forestry, Other
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Gerontology
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Medical Preparatory Programs, Other
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Resources Management
  • Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
  • International Policy Analysis
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • International Relations and National Security Studies, Other
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Learning Sciences
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Finance
  • Public Policy Analysis, Other
  • Public/Applied History
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Security Science and Technology, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
  • Transportation and Highway Engineering
  • Transportation and Materials Moving, Other
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
Doctorates

  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Forest Resources Production and Management
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Mining and Mineral Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Polymer/Plastics Engineering
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical and Industrial Drug Development
  • Communication and Media Studies, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other
  • Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Construction Management, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Creative Writing
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Dairy Science
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Resources Production and Management
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mining and Mineral Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Polymer/Plastics Engineering
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health, General
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Systems Engineering
  • Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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