Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech publishes 55% (Fall 2025). Out-of-state applicants got in at 59%; in-state at 47%.
Acceptance rate
What Virginia Tech's 55% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Virginia Tech reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
"Virginia Tech is test-optional for students entering through Fall 2028... If you do not want to include test scores in the review of your application, it will not impact your admission decision." This already covers the current 2026-27 cycle (fall 2027 entry) and the following cycle.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1280–1450sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 15, 2026 (materials due Dec 1, 2026; decisions late-February) (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 15, 2027 (materials due Jan 24, 2027; decisions mid-March)Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 30,923
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $37,764
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.vt.edu
What should this school mean for your list?
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Sources
- Virginia Tech test policy (2026-27)
- Virginia Tech deadlines
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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