Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

#5 in Virginia

4-years Public College In Blacksburg, VA

OverviewAdmissionCost Of AttendanceStudent PopulationGraduation RateArea Of Study
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University offers 276 programs through Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate and Post-Graduate Certificate degrees/programs. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education.
Major Programs
Number of Major Programs276 programs
Online Programs15 programs
Offered Degrees/ProgramsAssociate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate
Offered Degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Award LevelTotal Number of ProgramsAvailable Online ClassNumber of Completers
Associate's Degree1030
Bachelor's Degree7507,394
Post Bachelor's Degree669355
Master's Degree7501,429
Post Master's Degree4024
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship550489
Doctor's degree - professional practice20166
Total276159,887
Popular Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Degree, Major Programs and Completers
Associate Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Agriculture [+] ✕ 30
Agricultural Production Operations✕30
Total30
Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Agriculture [+] ✕ 278
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations✕35
Animal Sciences✕151
Dairy Science✕18
Food Science✕24
Agronomy and Crop Science✕20
Horticultural Science✕30
Natural Resources and Conservation [+] ✕ 237
Environmental Studies✕22
Environmental Science✕44
Natural Resources Management and Policy (other)✕16
Forestry✕87
Forestry (other)✕14
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management✕54
Architecture [+] ✕ 132
Architecture✕0
Landscape Architecture✕11
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology✕121
Communication and Journalism [+] ✕ 255
Speech Communication and Rhetoric✕255
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 364
Computer and Information Sciences✕364
Engineering [+] ✕ 1,649
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering✕173
Agricultural Engineering✕79
Chemical Engineering✕95
Civil Engineering✕240
Computer Engineering✕175
Electrical and Electronics Engineering✕145
Engineering Mechanics✕34
Materials Engineering✕66
Mechanical Engineering✕376
Mining and Mineral Engineering✕13
Construction Engineering✕48
Industrial Engineering✕205
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 43
Packaging Science✕43
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✕ 64
Foreign Languages and Literatures✕64
Work and Family Studies [+] ✕ 580
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences✕89
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies✕275
Human Development and Family Studies✕216
English Language and Literature [+] ✕ 67
English Language and Literature✕67
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 647
Biology/Biological Sciences✕298
Biochemistry✕109
Microbiology✕21
Computational Biology✕9
Neuroscience✕210
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 207
Mathematics✕61
Computational and Applied Mathematics✕116
Statistics✕30
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 35
Philosophy✕28
Religion/Religious Studies (other)✕7
Physical Sciences [+] ✕ 150
Meteorology✕42
Chemistry✕30
Geology/Earth Science✕14
Physics✕44
Physical Sciences (other)✕20
Psychology [+] ✕ 244
Psychology✕244
Human Services [+] ✕ 25
Public Policy Analysis✕25
Social Sciences [+] ✕ 644
Economics✕67
Applied Economics✕18
Geography✕36
International Relations and Affairs✕153
Political Science and Government✕179
Sociology✕191
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✕ 165
Industrial and Product Design✕28
Interior Design✕34
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts✕24
Art/Art Studies✕60
Music✕19
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 0
Public Health✕0
Business [+] ✕ 1,523
Business Administration and Management✕161
Accounting✕166
Business/Managerial Economics✕0
Finance✕310
Hospitality Administration/Management✕52
Management Science✕448
Marketing/Marketing Management✕211
Real Estate✕46
Construction Management✕129
History [+] ✕ 69
History✕69
Total7,394
Master's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Agriculture [+] ✔ 27
Agricultural Economics✔6
Animal Sciences✕6
Dairy Science✕1
Agronomy and Crop Science✕5
Horticultural Science✕0
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences✕9
Natural Resources and Conservation [+] ✕ 92
Natural Resources Management and Policy✕72
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management✕6
Forest Resources Production and Management✕14
Architecture [+] ✕ 46
Architecture✕0
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning✕13
Landscape Architecture✕4
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology✕29
Communication and Journalism [+] ✕ 5
Communication and Media Studies (other)✕5
Communications Technologies [+] ✕ 4
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects✕4
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 291
Computer and Information Sciences✕90
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)✕201
Education [+] ✕ 126
Curriculum and Instruction✕86
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration✕7
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)✕7
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services✕16
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education✕10
Engineering [+] ✔ 390
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering✕33
Agricultural Engineering✕10
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✕7
Chemical Engineering✕4
Civil Engineering✕91
Computer Engineering✕61
Electrical and Electronics Engineering✕54
Engineering Mechanics✕4
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering✕12
Materials Engineering✕9
Mechanical Engineering✕59
Mining and Mineral Engineering✕5
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering✔1
Nuclear Engineering✕2
Systems Engineering✔6
Polymer/Plastics Engineering✕1
Industrial Engineering✕29
Engineering (other)✕2
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✔ 8
Foreign Languages and Literatures✔8
Work and Family Studies [+] ✕ 11
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies✕2
Human Development and Family Studies✕9
English Language and Literature [+] ✕ 12
English Language and Literature✕5
Creative Writing✕7
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 25
Biology/Biological Sciences✕5
Biomedical Sciences✕0
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)✕20
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 34
Mathematics✕16
Computational and Applied Mathematics✕13
Statistics✕5
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✕ 14
Historic Preservation and Conservation✕5
Science, Technology and Society✕9
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 7
Philosophy✕7
Physical Sciences [+] ✕ 16
Chemistry✕9
Geology/Earth Science✕3
Physics✕4
Psychology [+] ✕ 17
Psychology✕17
Human Services [+] ✕ 14
Public Administration✕14
Social Sciences [+] ✕ 34
Economics✕4
Geography✕7
Political Science and Government✕13
Sociology✕5
Urban Studies/Affairs✕5
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✕ 5
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts✕5
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 45
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development✕0
Public Health✕34
Dietetics/Dietitian✕11
Business [+] ✔ 171
Business Administration and Management✔126
Accounting✕40
Construction Management✕5
History [+] ✕ 7
History✕7
Total1,429
Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Agriculture [+] ✕ 17
Animal Sciences✕10
Agronomy and Crop Science✕3
Horticultural Science✕2
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences✕2
Natural Resources and Conservation [+] ✕ 12
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management✕6
Forest Resources Production and Management✕6
Architecture [+] ✕ 7
Architecture✕3
Environmental Design/Architecture✕4
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 33
Computer and Information Sciences✕33
Education [+] ✕ 56
Curriculum and Instruction✕21
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration✕2
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)✕28
Educational Statistics and Research Methods✕2
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services✕3
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education✕0
Engineering [+] ✕ 179
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering✕16
Agricultural Engineering✕6
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✕9
Chemical Engineering✕11
Civil Engineering✕12
Computer Engineering✕9
Electrical and Electronics Engineering✕43
Engineering Mechanics✕10
Materials Engineering✕10
Mechanical Engineering✕31
Mining and Mineral Engineering✕2
Nuclear Engineering✕2
Polymer/Plastics Engineering✕6
Industrial Engineering✕7
Engineering (other)✕5
Work and Family Studies [+] ✕ 11
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies✕6
Human Development and Family Studies✕5
English Language and Literature [+] ✕ 5
Rhetoric and Composition✕5
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✕ 57
Biology/Biological Sciences✕11
Biomedical Sciences✕16
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology✕10
Entomology✕3
Bioinformatics✕4
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)✕13
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 18
Mathematics✕10
Statistics✕8
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✕ 3
Science, Technology and Society✕3
Physical Sciences [+] ✕ 39
Chemistry✕16
Geology/Earth Science✕9
Physics✕14
Psychology [+] ✕ 11
Psychology✕11
Human Services [+] ✕ 3
Public Administration✕3
Social Sciences [+] ✕ 30
Economics✕0
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics✕9
Geography✕0
Sociology✕7
Urban Studies/Affairs✕9
Social Sciences (other)✕5
Business [+] ✕ 8
Business/Commerce✕8
Hospitality Administration/Management✕0
Total489
Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Agriculture [+] ✕ 128
Veterinary Medicine✕128
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 38
Medicine✕38
Total166
Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Natural Resources and Conservation [+] ✕ 59
Natural Resources Management and Policy✕58
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management✕1
Natural Resources Management and Policy (other)✕0
Forestry (other)✕0
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] ✕ 3
Ethnic Studies✕0
African-American/Black Studies✕0
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)✕3
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✔ 58
Computer and Information Sciences (other)✕8
Computer Programming/Programmer✕38
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications✔12
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance✕0
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)✕0
Education [+] ✔ 70
Administration of Special Education✕0
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration✕2
Educational Statistics and Research Methods✕2
Learning Sciences✕4
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching✕4
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)✕54
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)✔4
Education (other)✕0
Engineering [+] ✕ 6
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✕0
Transportation and Highway Engineering✕0
Civil Engineering (other)✕0
Engineering Mechanics✕0
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering✕0
Nuclear Engineering✕1
Industrial Engineering✕2
Engineering (other)✕3
Work and Family Studies [+] ✕ 0
Adult Development and Aging✕0
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✕ 11
Applied Statistics, General✕11
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✔ 16
Gerontology✕2
Science, Technology and Society✕1
Behavioral Sciences✕0
International/Global Studies✕3
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies✕1
Human Computer Interaction✕0
Data Analytics, General✔5
Business Analytics✔4
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 1
Religion/Religious Studies✕1
Psychology [+] ✕ 0
Family Psychology✕0
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+] ✔ 40
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management✕2
Security Science and Technology, General✔22
Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy✕16
Human Services [+] ✔ 27
Community Organization and Advocacy✕0
Public Administration✕27
International Policy Analysis✕0
Public Policy Analysis (other)✔0
Social Sciences [+] ✔ 16
Development Economics and International Development✕1
Geographic Information Science and Cartography✕9
International Relations and Affairs✕1
International Relations and National Security Studies (other)✕3
Political Science and Government✕2
Political Science and Government (other)✔0
Urban Studies/Affairs✕0
Social Sciences (other)✕0
Transportation and Materials Moving [+] ✕ 0
Air Transportation (other)✕0
Flagging and Traffic Control✕0
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✕ 0
Industrial and Product Design✕0
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 0
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)✕0
Dietetics/Dietitian✕0
Business [+] ✔ 46
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management✕2
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)✔17
Public Finance✕4
Information Resources Management✔23
Construction Management✕0
History [+] ✕ 2
Public/Applied History✕2
Total355
Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of Completers
Education [+] ✕ 24
Curriculum and Instruction✕3
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)✕21
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education✕0
Human Services [+] ✕ 0
Public Administration✕0
Total24
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