How many students at Virginia Tech? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 38,294 students have enrolled in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with 30,504 undergraduate and 7,790 graduate students.

By gender, 21,719 male and 16,575 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (34,080 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,498 students are enrolled exclusively, and 18,822 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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


Student Population by Gender

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has a total of 38,294 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. 30,504 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,790 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 21,719 male and 16,575 female students (the male-female ratio is 57:43) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total38,29430,5047,790
Men21,71917,4314,288
Women16,57513,0733,502
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,171 White, 2,231 Black, and 4,372 Asian students out of a total of 38,294 are attending at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American362115
Asian4,3722,5361,836
Black2,2311,2121,019
Hispanic3,5891,9961,593
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders301515
White21,17111,5959,576
Two or more races1,8921,025867
Race Unknown962597365
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American301713
Asian3,8892,2721,617
Black1,8761,043833
Hispanic3,1381,7791,359
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders281414
White17,7179,9077,810
Two or more races1,675907768
Race Unknown773474299
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American642
Asian483264219
Black355169186
Hispanic451217234
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White3,4541,6881,766
Two or more races21711899
Race Unknown18912366
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Virginia Tech has 140 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 32,488 students under 25 years old, and 5,804 students over 25 years old out of 38,294 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 140 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Virginia Tech has 30,019 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 483 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,469 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,321 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181407169
18-1912,8205,8846,936
20-2113,4325,9707,462
22-246,0962,2303,866
25-293,2331,3141,919
30-341,254507747
35-39534222312
40-49529245284
50-64241131110
Over 6513112
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181407169
18-1912,8195,8836,936
20-2113,2845,8987,386
22-243,7761,0992,677
25-2934372271
30-34812358
35-3927918
40-49251510
50-64633
Over 65101
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-211487276
22-242,3201,1311,189
25-292,8901,2421,648
30-341,173484689
35-39507213294
40-49504230274
50-64235128107
Over 6512111
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Student Population by Age chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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, 1,498 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18,822 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,050 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 448 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students38,2941,49818,822
Undergraduate30,50415716,924
Graduate7,7901,3411,898
Online Student Population by Locality
Virginia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,05043018
Undergraduate14791
Graduate90342117
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2024 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 30,504 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,102 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.61%.1,076 students have transferred in as full-time status and 26 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time28,550
Transfer-in Full-time1,076
Regular Part-time852
Transfer-in Part-time26

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