Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Academics

Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Services/Facilities For Hearing Impaired, Services/Facilities For Visually Impaired, Wheelchair Accessibility, 912 work stations, available in: dorms, libraries, computer centers, student centers, Own PC Required, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network, Computer Repair Service Available On Campus, Computer Helpline Available, Dorms Wired for High Speed Internet Connections, Online Library, Discounted Computer Software for Sale, Discounted Computer Hardware for Sale, Student Web Hosting, Wireless Network, Offers distance learning courses or programs (online or partially online): Yes, During Intersession Periods, During Normal Term Periods, Over the Summer, Percent of courses taught as online courses: 5%, Percent of courses taught as blended (online and offline): 25% and Percent of courses taught face-to-face: 70%. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Foreign Language and Literature:

Foreign Language & Literature – General

Social Sciences:

Economics, Geography, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Education:

Secondary Education

Public Administration and Service:

Public Policy Analysis

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Drama/Theater Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Music – General

English Language and Literature:

English Language & Literature – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Popular majors:

one hundred percent agriculture, twenty-two percent business per marketing, eighteen percent engineering, eight percent family and consumer sciences, seven percent biology, seven percent social sciences, five percent psychology

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

History:

History – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Construction Management, Finance/Banking, Hotel/Motel Management, Management Science, Marketing Management

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of February. Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 70.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 72%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer students are not ignored, still did not report the exact number of transfer students. This school requires an application fee consisting of forty dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, forty dollars online application fee and point zero .

the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of May. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 1st of May. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application is due the 15th of January. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of February and For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 11th of March. Additionally, make sure that if you are a transfer student and are participating in a financial aid program, your financial aid application is in by the 1st of March. Priority financial aid applications for transfer students are due the 1st of February.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at forty percent scholarships per grants and sixty percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Art, Athletics and ROTC. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama, ROTC and State/District Residency.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Students

The school’s size is approximately twenty-one thousand, five hundred and thirty-four degree-seeking undergrads, five thousand and forty-nine first-time degree-seeking freshmen and five thousand, nine hundred and ninety-three graduate enrollment. Additionally, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. In addition, the student body consists of seventy-one percent in-state students, twenty-nine percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, forty-four percent women, fifty-six percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, seven percent asian per pacific islander, four percent black per non-hispanic, three percent hispanic, seventy-four percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, eleven percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty-seven percent in top 10th of graduating class, seventy-eight percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-seven percent in top half of graduating class, forty-five percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, six percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, two percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and one percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 72 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Furthermore, the university has many unique facilites such as natural history, geology and art museums, observatory, wind tunnel, black cultural center, digital music center, robotics laboratory, multimedia laboratory, media center, women’s center, math emporium, advanced communications/information technology center. After all, the school is located 38 miles from Roanoke.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Athletics

The Hokies are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Handball
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling