by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Packaging Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Engineering-Related Fields is a major offered under the engineering technologies program of study at Virginia Tech. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in engineering-related fields, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Virginia Tech is in the top 10% of the country for engineering-related fields. More specifically it was ranked #11 out of 109 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Virginia Tech.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Virginia Tech paid an average of $1,248 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $476 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,420 | $29,960 |
| Fees | $2,329 | $2,933 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,100 | $1,100 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $9,556 | $9,556 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,350 | $3,350 |
Learn more about Virginia Tech tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Virginia Tech in Engineering-Related Fields walked away with an average of $23,581 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $23,598.
The median early career salary of engineering-related fields students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech is $63,749 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $57,335.
Online degrees for the Virginia Tech engineering-related fields bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Virginia Tech Online Learning page.
Women made up around 37.1% of the engineering-related fields students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26.2%.
Around 31.4% of engineering-related fields bachelor’s degree recipients at Virginia Tech in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 18 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Engineering-Related Fields students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Packaging Science | 35 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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