Enrollment Trends at Virginia Tech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 36,096 where 38,857 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

79.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,651 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 543 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.77 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 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	32,663	25,384	14,591	10,793	7,279	4,142	3,137
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
2023-24	38,294 124	30,504 70	17,431 53	13,073 17	7,790 54	4,288 -21	3,502 75
2024-25	38,857 563	31,035 531	17,586 155	13,449 376	7,822 32	4,340 52	3,482 -20
Average	36,096	28,723	16,401	12,322	7,373	4,147	3,226

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 28,723 where 31,035 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	30,504	29,626	16,827	12,799	878	604	274
2024-25	31,035	30,161	17,009	13,152	874	577	297
Average	28,723	28,723	15,909	12,073	28,723	493	249

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,373 where 7,822 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,790	5,807	3,190	2,617	1,983	1,098	885
2024-25	7,822	5,920	3,241	2,679	1,902	1,099	803
Average	7,373	7,373	2,926	2,349	7,373	1,222	877

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.09%. The percentage was 64.56% 10 years ago and Virginia Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 12.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.56% to 54.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.19% to 12.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.02% to 5.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.08% to 8.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6784 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5707 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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 (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	36	4,372	2,231	3,589	30	21,171	1,892
2024-25	33	4,768	2,198	3,493	17	21,019	2,008
Average	48	3,618	1,778	2,588	33	21,570	1,635