Virginia Tech is the state’s largest university, with enrollment of approximately 26,000 gradually increasing each year.

Fun Facts

• Nearly 22,000 undergraduate students pump more than $81 million dollars into the local economy annually.
• Graduate students spend an additional $45 million annually.
• University employees generate an additional $224 million in disposable income per year.
• Virginia Tech employs almost 3,000 faculty members with an average salary of over $65,000 and nearly 3,600 classified staff with an average salary of over $31,000. The total University payroll is $375 million.
• The Hokies - Virginia Tech’s champion football team - has been to twelve consecutive post-season bowl games, has earned the University national recognition and brings thousands of fans to home games.
• The University has a strategic goal to become one of the top 30 research universities by expanding sponsored research, graduate student enrollment, researchers and faculty.
• The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center houses over 120 businesses with over 1,800 employees in today’s hottest fields of biotechnology, information technology, electronics, engineering, materials and chemistry.