Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Student Population

How many students at Virginia Tech? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 38,857 students have enrolled in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with 31,035 undergraduate and 7,822 graduate students.

By gender, 21,926 male and 16,931 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,577 students are enrolled exclusively, and 19,313 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 38,857 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 31,035 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,822 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 21,926 male and 16,931 female students (the male-female ratio is 56:44) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,019 White, 2,198 Black, and 4,768 Asian students out of a total of 38,857 are attending at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 67.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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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.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1,577 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,313 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,220 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 357 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

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• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 31,035 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,063 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.43%.1,051 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.