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About Virginia Tech

Factbook: Student Overview

Enrollment by Race

Enrollment by Gender

Enrollment by College

2007-08 Off-Campus Enrollment Profile

Enrollment by Race

Enrollment by Gender

Enrollment by College

Percent Enrollment by Race

(Total enrollment of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on and off campus)

Residency of Undergraduate Students

Freshman Student Profiles

SAT Percentile Entering Freshmen

*Verbal is now called Critical Reading

Class of 2010 Snapshot

Top five home states of out-of-state freshmen:

1. Maryland, 386 students

2. New Jersey, 190

3. Pennsylvania, 188

4. North Carolina, 101

5. New York, 74

Number of states represented: 46 (plus the Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C.)

Countries represented: 35

Most popular majors for incoming freshmen in fall 2005:

• University Studies (undeclared)
• General Engineering
• Business (undecided)
• Biology
• Communication
• Animal and Poultry Science
• Psychology
• Human Nutrition, Food, and Exercise
• Architecture

Among students offered admission, the average GPA was 3.78, with a middle range of 3.52 to 4.0.

Student Tuition and Fees 2006-07

*Includes academic, athletic, technology, student activity, health, bus, recreational sports, and student services fees. Out-of-state students also pay a capital and equipment fee. Engineering students also pay a supplemental fee not included here.

**Room and board varies depending on student's place of on-campus residence, single or double occupancy, and student's meal plan.

Veterinary Medicine (Virginia and Maryland residents)

Veterinary Medicine (other states)

*Includes academic, athletic, technology, student activity, health, bus, recreational sports, and student services fees. Out-of-state students also pay a capital and equipment fee.

Source: Office of Budget and Financial Planning

Combined Tuition and Fees History

Source: Office of Budget and Financial Planning

 Membership in the Corps of Cadets

Historical Highlights of the Corps of Cadets

• 1872: Virginia Tech established as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, organized as one battalion of two companies.
• 1899: Corps petitions governor for active military service during the Spanish-American War. Bandsmen and director enlist as Regimental Band, 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Exposition.
• 1919: Band first called "Highty-Tighties." Tech designated one of the nation's "Distinguished Military Colleges."
• 1922: Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) organized as regiment.
• 1923: Corps petitions governor for active military service during national rail strike.
• 1924: Corps made mandatory only for first two years.
• 1934: First Ring Dance (Class of 1935).
• 1942: VTCC organized as brigade of two regiments.
• 1953: First African-American student enrolls (Cadet Irving L. Peddrew III)
• 1958: First African-American student graduates (Cadet Charlie L. Yates).
• 1964: Corps becomes voluntary.
• 1973: Women admitted into corps of cadets and organized into L Squadron.
• 1981: Cadet barracks become first co-ed dorms on campus.
• 1985: First African-American regimental commander (Derek Jeffries '86).
• 1987: First female regimental commander (Denise Shuster '88).
• 1996: VTCC Center for Leader Development is established.
• 1997: VTCC initiates Caldwell March, which becomes semi-annual event.