Enrollment Trends at Virginia Tech

The student population at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is 38,170 (30,434 undergraduate and 7,736 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,965 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Virginia Tech is 79.73% which is increased by 6,400 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 565 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.76 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

1,625 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 107.01% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 34,624 where 38,170 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.73% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.27% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,400 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 565 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.76 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Virginia Tech than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31,205	24,034	14,101	9,933	7,171	3,993	3,178
2014-15	31,224 19	24,247 213	14,088 -13	10,159 226	6,977 -194	3,895 -98	3,082 -96
2015-16	32,663 1,439	25,384 1,137	14,591 503	10,793 634	7,279 302	4,142 247	3,137 55
2016-17	33,170 507	25,791 407	14,767 176	11,024 231	7,379 100	4,191 49	3,188 51
2017-18	34,440 1,270	27,193 1,402	15,483 716	11,710 686	7,247 -132	4,094 -97	3,153 -35
2018-19	34,683 243	27,811 618	15,845 362	11,966 256	6,872 -375	3,891 -203	2,981 -172
2019-20	36,383 1,700	29,300 1,489	16,766 921	12,534 568	7,083 211	4,025 134	3,058 77
2020-21	37,024 641	30,020 720	17,118 352	12,902 368	7,004 -79	3,940 -85	3,064 6
2021-22	37,279 255	29,760 -260	17,049 -69	12,711 -191	7,519 515	4,250 310	3,269 205
2022-23	38,170 891	30,434 674	17,378 329	13,056 345	7,736 217	4,309 59	3,427 158
Average	34,624	27,397	15,719	11,679	7,227	4,073	3,154

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 27,397 where 30,434 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24,034	23,512	13,756	9,756	522	345	177
2014-15	24,247	23,685	13,724	9,961	562	364	198
2015-16	25,384	24,841	14,220	10,621	543	371	172
2016-17	25,791	25,213	14,374	10,839	578	393	185
2017-18	27,193	26,603	15,103	11,500	590	380	210
2018-19	27,811	27,180	15,447	11,733	631	398	233
2019-20	29,300	28,584	16,295	12,289	716	471	245
2020-21	30,020	29,112	16,518	12,594	908	600	308
2021-22	29,760	28,929	16,489	12,440	831	560	271
2022-23	30,434	29,569	16,805	12,764	865	573	292
Average	27,397	27,397	15,273	11,450	27,397	446	229

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,227 where 7,736 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,171	4,913	2,765	2,148	2,258	1,228	1,030
2014-15	6,977	4,819	2,673	2,146	2,158	1,222	936
2015-16	7,279	4,966	2,831	2,135	2,313	1,311	1,002
2016-17	7,379	5,097	2,881	2,216	2,282	1,310	972
2017-18	7,247	4,961	2,771	2,190	2,286	1,323	963
2018-19	6,872	4,792	2,651	2,141	2,080	1,240	840
2019-20	7,083	5,033	2,782	2,251	2,050	1,243	807
2020-21	7,004	4,939	2,708	2,231	2,065	1,232	833
2021-22	7,519	5,519	3,066	2,453	2,000	1,184	816
2022-23	7,736	5,713	3,134	2,579	2,023	1,175	848
Average	7,227	7,227	2,826	2,249	7,227	1,247	905

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.83%. The percentage was 68.30% 10 years ago and Virginia Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 10.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.72% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	45	2,339	1,197	1,442	35	21,312	1,098
2014-15	41	2,508	1,234	1,516	36	20,735	1,177
2015-16	43	2,676	1,312	1,660	29	21,088	1,275
2016-17	52	2,907	1,399	1,817	33	20,982	1,309
2017-18	50	3,060	1,464	1,918	36	21,667	1,388
2018-19	87	3,124	1,526	2,090	38	21,541	1,594
2019-20	46	3,386	1,612	2,305	32	22,352	1,631
2020-21	44	3,727	1,834	2,682	35	22,390	1,710
2021-22	42	3,970	2,026	2,974	40	21,793	1,740
2022-23	42	4,186	2,182	3,348	38	21,693	1,805
Average	49	3,188	1,579	2,175	35	21,555	1,473

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,625 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 107.01% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	31,224	785	7,040	23,399
2015-16	32,663	853	8,287	23,523
2016-17	33,170	911	9,166	23,093
2017-18	34,440	1,039	9,094	24,307
2018-19	34,683	1,019	8,844	24,820
2019-20	36,383	1,076	10,684	24,623
2020-21	37,024	11,136	23,032	2,856
2021-22	37,279	1,581	19,796	15,902
2022-23	38,170	1,625	19,391	17,154
Average	35,004	2,225	12,815	19,964

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