Student Population at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
38,170	30,434	7,736

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 38,170 students have enrolled in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with 30,434 undergraduate and 7,736 graduate students.

By gender, 21,687 male and 16,483 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,625 students are enrolled exclusively, and 19,391 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has a total of 38,170 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 30,434 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,736 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 21,687 male and 16,483 female students (the male-female ratio is 57:43) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	38,170	30,434	7,736
Men	21,687	17,378	4,309
Women	16,483	13,056	3,427

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,693 White, 2,182 Black, and 4,186 Asian students out of a total of 38,170 are attending at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	42	24	18
Asian	4,186	2,425	1,761
Black	2,182	1,200	982
Hispanic	3,348	1,851	1,497
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	38	21	17
White	21,693	11,902	9,791
Two or more races	1,805	995	810
Race Unknown	992	604	388

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	34	20	14
Asian	3,733	2,165	1,568
Black	1,807	1,012	795
Hispanic	2,904	1,637	1,267
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	37	20	17
White	18,166	10,149	8,017
Two or more races	1,592	891	701
Race Unknown	781	472	309

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	4	4
Asian	453	260	193
Black	375	188	187
Hispanic	444	214	230
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	3,527	1,753	1,774
Two or more races	213	104	109
Race Unknown	211	132	79

Student Age Distribution

By age, Virginia Tech has 149 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 32,295 students under 25 years old, and 5,875 students over 25 years old out of 38,170 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 149 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Virginia Tech has 29,967 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 467 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,328 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,408 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	149	78	71
18-19	12,380	5,644	6,736
20-21	13,772	6,137	7,635
22-24	5,994	2,197	3,797
25-29	3,272	1,306	1,966
30-34	1,234	506	728
35-39	540	224	316
40-49	557	266	291
50-64	255	122	133
Over 65	17	3	14

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	149	78	71
18-19	12,380	5,644	6,736
20-21	13,649	6,070	7,579
22-24	3,789	1,133	2,656
25-29	336	85	251
30-34	69	19	50
35-39	29	13	16
40-49	22	11	11
50-64	9	2	7
Over 65	2	1	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1,625 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,391 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,169 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 456 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	38,170	1,625	19,391
Undergraduate	30,434	180	17,338
Graduate	7,736	1,445	2,053

Online Student Population by Locality
	Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,169	453	3
Undergraduate	171	8	1
Graduate	998	445	2

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 30,434 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 997 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.28%.973 students have transferred in as full-time status and 24 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	28,596
Transfer-in Full-time	973
Regular Part-time	841
Transfer-in Part-time	24

Student Population at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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