Source: Virginia Tech

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia Tech is now a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population in Virginia. Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).

Virginia Tech At A Glance:
Located in Blacksburg, Virginia

Eight colleges and graduate school

60 bachelor's degree programs

140 master's and doctoral degree programs

25,000+ full-time students

16:1 student-faculty ratio

Main campus includes more than 100 buildings, 2,600 acres, and an airport

Computing and communications complex for worldwide information access

Ranked 56th in university research in the United States

Has adjacent corporate research center