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Virginia Tech Common Data Set 2025-26
VATest policy: Test-optional: SAT or ACT not required but considered if submitted; AP used for placementCompare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
54.6%
31,515 of 57,755
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
~1280–1450
ACT middle 50%
28–32
Who got into Virginia Tech: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 151Waitlisted 39Rejected 6Preview
Self-reported by 196 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't Virginia Tech's official data. 4 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 196 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 57,755 |
| AdmittedC1 | 31,515 |
| EnrolledC1 | 7,133 |
| YieldC1 | 22.6% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Offered, counts not reported |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 22,526 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 13,380 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 4,295 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 32.1% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | 42% |
| Submitted ACTC9 | 8% |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | 640–720 |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | 640–730 |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 4.06 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 67% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 18% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 10% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 5% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $13,938 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $36,427 |
| Required feesG1 | $3,149 |
| Food and housingG1 | — |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 14.1% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 60.3% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $17,939 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $11,118.829 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresConsidered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesConsidered
- Talent/abilityConsidered
- Character/personal qualitiesConsidered
- First generationVery important
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceVery important
- State residencyVery important
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workConsidered
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 31,536 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 94.7% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 86% |
Notes on this filing
- Year: filing covers Fall 2025 admissions; aid data is 2024-25 final (H.101); costs are for 2026-27.
- C2: waitlist block mapped by position: offered 22526, accepted a place 13380, admitted from waitlist 4295.
- C1/C.2101: early decision not offered; ED applied/admitted left blank (C.2110/C.2111 blank).
- C22: early action offered (C.2201 Yes); early action applied and admitted counts are not printed.
- C7: factor ratings taken from the checked columns in the C7 grid.
- C8A/C8F: C8F clarification is blank, so the test policy is taken from the C8A checkbox alone. C8G marks AP for placement.
- C8E: date stored as Jan 23 2026 16:00 PST while the MM/DD fields read 1/24; the displayed date may be a timezone artifact.
- C9: SAT composite percentiles (C.905-C.907) are blank; SAT ERW and Math and ACT composite are given.
- C11: GPA bands use the all-enrolled-students column (C.1121-C.1129). pct_below_3_50 = 3.25-3.49 (4) + 3.00-3.24 (1) = 5, the sum of the bands below 3.50.
- B4-B11 (Fall 2019 cohort): the six-year rate is printed (85.95890410958904). The four-year rate is not printed; 5,236 of 7,592 completed in four years, but the rate was not computed, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- B22: retention 6,850 of 7,236 = 0.947 as printed (C.2203).
- G1: first-year column used. Public institution with separate in-state and out-of-state tuition; in-district is blank (G.103), so tuition is null. Nonresident tuition (G.106) equals out-of-state tuition.
- G1: combined food and housing is blank; housing only (10,394) and food only (6,826) are printed separately, so room_and_board is null.
- H2: first-time, full-time first-year column used. pct_need_fully_met = line H (359) / line D (2,541) = 14.1. Line D is labeled 'any financial aid' in the filing but was used per the instruction to divide by the aided count. Line D is not labeled need-based, so this is a possible mismatch.
- H2: pct_with_need_awarded_aid is null because it is not printed; the counts are 2,541 awarded of 2,629 with need, and no percent was computed.
- H2: avg_pct_need_met is line I (0.603223083622431) converted to a percent.
Source: Virginia Tech Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.