Student Population at Virginia Tech

The following chart compares Virginia Tech's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia.

Virginia Tech has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 41,380 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (12,989 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 21,926 male and 16,931 female students attending Virginia Tech. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.30 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Virginia Tech.

At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 20,890 students (53.76% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,577 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,220 students live in Virginia where Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is located in and 357 students have enrolled from other states.