Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Student Population and Demographics

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There are 38,857 students including 31,035 undergraduate and 7,822 graduate students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 36,081 full-time and 2,776 part-time students with gender distribution of 21,926 male and 16,931 female students.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,577 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has a total enrollment of 38,857 with a gender distribution of 56.43% male (21,926 students) and 43.57% female (16,931 students). There are 17,586 male and 13,449 female students in undergraduate school and 4,340 male and 3,482 female students are attending graduate school at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Student Population By Gender
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	38,857	21,926	16,931
Undergraduate	31,035	17,586	13,449
Graduate	7,822	4,340	3,482
Full-time	36,081	20,250	15,831
Part-time	2,776	1,676	1,100

[Chart] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has 36,081 full-time and 2,776 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 30,161 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 874 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,920 students are full-time and 1,902 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	38,857	36,081	2,776
Undergraduate	31,035	30,161	874
Graduate	7,822	5,920	1,902
Men	21,926	20,250	1,676
Women	16,931	15,831	1,100

[Chart] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1,577 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,313 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 38,857 students.

In undergraduate schools, 17,587 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,303 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	38,857	31,035	7,822
Online Exclusively	1,577	164	1,413
In Some Online Classes	19,313	17,423	1,890
Not In Online Classes	17,967	13,448	4,519

[Chart] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. There are 33 American Indian/Native American, 21,019 White, 2,198 Black/African American, 4,768 Asian, 3,493 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,792 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	38,857	21,926	16,931
American Indian/Native American	33	22	11
Asian	4,768	2,754	2,014
Black/African American	2,198	1,175	1,023
Hispanic	3,493	1,945	1,548
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	9	8
White	21,019	11,406	9,613
Two More	2,008	1,070	938
Race Un-Known	1,150	722	428

[Chart] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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