Blacksburg, VA
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
https://WWW.VT.EDURepayment outcome
95.2%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$38,100–$82,800
middle 50% · median $57,900
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$19,993
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$21,500
Sticker price
before any aid
$25,513
Default rate
2.6%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Veterinary Medicine.$77,184
- Public Admin$75,518
- Engineering$65,029
- Engineering Tech$63,005
- Business$56,563
- Health Professions$54,948
- Physical Sciences$51,960
- Liberal Arts$50,856
- Social Sciences$48,198
- Visual & Performing Arts$48,198
- Computer Science$47,846
- Education$46,352
- Math & Statistics$46,321
- Family Sciences$43,426
- Communication and Media Studies.$41,618
- Interdisciplinary$39,729
- English & Literature$33,993
- Philosophy$33,990
- History$33,565
- Foreign Languages$31,314
- Comm. Tech$30,409
- Psychology$28,960
- Biology$26,403
Academics
Acceptance
70.3%
Avg SAT
1,220
Enrollment
23,928
What students study
16 fields offered
Engineering
21% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Business18.1%
- 03Biology8.6%
- 04Family Sciences8.5%
- 05Social Sciences7.8%
- 06Agriculture5.1%
- 07Psychology5.1%
- 08Communications4.1%
- 09Natural Resources3.4%
- 10Visual & Performing Arts3.0%
- 11Architecture2.4%
- 12Computer Science2.3%
- 13English & Literature2.2%
- 14History2.1%
- 15Math & Statistics2.1%
- 16Physical Sciences1.9%