by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Virginia Tech took the #52 spot. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 5% ranking. Virginia Tech received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
Virginia Tech also ranked #2 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Virginia.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Virginia Tech took the #44 spot on the list. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. This makes Virginia Tech a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
Virginia Tech also ranked #2 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Virginia.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 43.7% of the total graduate students at Virginia Tech are women and 56.3% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 19.2% of the graduate student population at Virginia Tech. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 25.8% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,098 | $28,415 |
| Fees | $2,424 | $3,028 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Virginia Tech enter careers with an average starting salary of $65,977. That's about 13% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Virginia Tech, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $71,981. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 4% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Virginia Tech.
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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/virginiatech |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/virginia_tech |
In 2020-2021, 46.1% of the graduate students at Virginia Tech took at least one class online. Approximately 17.8% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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