About Virginia Tech

Factbook: Student Overview

Enrollment by Race

Enrollment by Gender

Enrollment by College

2011-12 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 2015 Snapshot

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

1. Maryland

2. New Jersey

3. Pennsylvania

4. North Carolina

5. New York

Number of states and territories represented: 44

Countries represented: 29

Most popular majors for incoming freshmen in fall 2011:

• General Engineering*
• University Studies (undeclared)
• Biological Sciences
• Business (undecided)
• Human Nutrition, Food, and Exercise
• Psychology

*Non-degree major; students move into more specific disciplines, including computer science

Student Tuition and Fees 2011-12

*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. Students in various disciplines also pay supplemental fees not included here.

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

Source: Office of Budget and Financial Planning

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 (as of the beginning of fall session)

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 a cadet's 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 (except the Regimental Band) and organized into L Squadron.
• 1975: Women accepted into Regimental Band.
• 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.
• 2005: First African-American female regimental commander (Christina Royal '06).