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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA · Public · 30,923 students · mostly bachelor degrees
89th-cheapest of 108 Virginia colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$24,953
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$36,951
Graduation rate
86%
Admission rate
55%
Median graduate earnings
$81,698
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1364
Median ACT
29
Pell grant recipients
15%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
258 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree146 grads/yr$154,688Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other · Master's Degree166 grads/yr$148,000Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree526 grads/yr$144,103Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree50 grads/yr$130,029Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology · Doctoral Degree14 grads/yr$123,078Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree233 grads/yr$122,026Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree52 grads/yr$119,843Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree$117,990Industrial Engineering · Master's Degree47 grads/yr$117,338Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree240 grads/yr$116,641Astronautical Engineering · Master's Degree57 grads/yr$115,736Management Science · Bachelor's Degree486 grads/yr$108,726Materials Engineering · Master's Degree15 grads/yr$108,485Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree246 grads/yr$106,633Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree88 grads/yr$106,011Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree111 grads/yr$104,839Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree359 grads/yr$102,902Construction Engineering · Bachelor's Degree74 grads/yr$102,699Engineering Mechanics · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$101,509Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree81 grads/yr$99,698Accounting · Bachelor's Degree142 grads/yr$99,528Accounting · Master's Degree67 grads/yr$96,906Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree342 grads/yr$96,376Real Estate · Bachelor's Degree112 grads/yr$95,576Business/Managerial Economics · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$95,271
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.