Virginia Tech

Chart (B) | How do wages for the largest programs1 compare to other schools?​


Program(-)Difference in median wage grad vs. all VA 4-yr public & private reporting inst. (2)(+) Diff. wage growth vs. all VA 4-yr inst.Median Earnings VT grads% of VT grads (program)Sample size (N w/wages)Capture rate (N/grads)chg. direction
Assoc. Applied
Agricultural Production Operations, General
0 pp
$44.8k1%16665% Wage growth inconsistent
Bachelor's
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
0 pp
$58.8k0%10957% Wage growth inconsistent
Forestry, General
0 pp
$55.7k1%12341% Wage growth inconsistent
History, General
+9
+3 pp
$53.1k1%13241% Wage growth and absolute wages above peers
Materials Engineering
0 pp
$34.8k1%10531% Wage growth inconsistent
Hospitality Administration/Management, General
-3 pp
$56.0k1%13238% Wage growth inconsistent
Construction Management
0 pp
$85.0k1%18448% Wage growth inconsistent
Economics, General
+9 pp
$77.8k1%14336% Wage growth inconsistent
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
0 pp
$53.6k1%14335% Wage growth inconsistent
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
+6
-3 pp
$54.8k1%13631% Wage growth inconsistent
English Language and Literature, General
+12
+3 pp
$53.1k1%19943% Wage growth and absolute wages above peers
Mathematics, General
+5
+1 pp
$66.4k1%17036% Wage growth and absolute wages above peers
Chemical Engineering
+2
-1 pp
$93.9k1%13427% Wage growth inconsistent
Sociology
+14
+6 pp
$53.2k1%20638% Wage growth and absolute wages above peers
International Relations and Affairs
-5
-3 pp
$57.2k1%18434% Wage growth and absolute wages below peers
Biochemistry
+2
+1 pp
$46.7k1%19630% Wage growth and absolute wages above peers
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering
+1 pp
$98.7k1%17026% Wage growth inconsistent
Animal Sciences, General
0 pp
$39.8k1%27842% Wage growth inconsistent
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
+3
+1 pp
$95.8k2%21930% Wage growth and absolute wages above peers
Computer Engineering, General
+7
-3 pp
$115.1k2%28138% Wage growth inconsistent


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1. Largest programs based on number of 2019-20 graduates with sample size (N) at least 100 up to 20 programs; ​excludes "Multi-Interdisciplinary studies, other"​.
2. Median wage of class of 2019-20 and 4 preceding classes 3 yrs post-grad, Wages in 2023.
Source: SCHEV data extract, 4/23.