Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Details
- Name: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Location: Blacksburg, VA 24061-0131
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 57.03%
- Average SAT Scores 1337
- Four Year Completion Rate 69.11% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 86.28% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 87.78% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year69.1%6 Year86.3%8 Year87.8% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $32,040 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $36,694 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $15,478 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $19,000 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $21,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $7,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $13,536 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $14,891 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $19,660 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $26,533 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $30,568 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $67,377 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $65,701 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $75,717 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $72,275 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $81,698 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $25,597 | No data | $48,390 |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | $45,905 | $44,052 | $38,479 |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,246 |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $45,877 | $41,162 | $36,639 |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $43,139 | $27,809 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $52,084 | No data | $33,134 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,226 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $36,507 | $82,448 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $55,507 | $75,104 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,242 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,493 |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $39,583 | No data | $21,497 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $52,348 | $63,758 |
| Agricultural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $44,012 | No data | $60,131 |
| Mining and Mineral Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,045 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,198 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,897 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $38,596 | $28,153 | $19,929 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | $45,213 | No data | $33,269 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $31,053 | $72,805 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $39,395 | $23,626 | $73,162 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $32,229 | No data | $33,455 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $26,430 | No data | $25,442 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $32,961 | $31,684 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $76,413 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,249 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $43,509 | $35,990 | $38,529 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $46,334 | $59,846 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $53,481 | $44,901 | $68,574 |
| Construction Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $68,974 | No data | $68,755 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $37,380 | $28,797 |
| Data Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,556 |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $67,467 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $33,026 | $67,610 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $35,197 | $70,925 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | $62,055 | $50,282 | $44,837 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $43,965 | $42,284 | $22,263 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,028 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,729 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,714 |
| Physical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $67,128 | No data | $32,060 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,629 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,314 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $58,596 | $60,100 | $49,648 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $41,369 | No data | $34,622 |
| Engineering Mechanics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,144 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,906 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $45,991 | $40,986 | $23,946 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,346 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $40,549 | $37,060 | $26,171 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $48,417 | $47,866 | $39,039 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $42,464 | $35,639 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,418 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $38,818 | $35,652 | $49,620 |
| Real Estate | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Construction Management | Bachelor's Degree | $44,248 | $32,500 | $69,047 |