Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College Portrait
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA 24061
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- Students
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at VT finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at VT.
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VT Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 16 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 51% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 80% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 1,368 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 33% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 17% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 89% |
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Campus-based Housing
98% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
36% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Virginia Tech works diligently to make the campus a safer place, not just for students, but for the entire campus community. The security infrastructure involves cooperation and sound agreements between the university and local police, fire, and EMS jurisdictions. The university has its own police force and student-operated volunteer rescue squad. Virginia Tech continues to make improvements to enhance campus safety, both to facilities and to emergency communications.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (very high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Doctoral, STEM dominant