Rankings & Statistics
We’re one of the best places to study natural resources and conservation
And forestry, meteorology, and packaging. But we’re so much more. Review our rankings and statistics to help complete your picture of academic life in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment.
Top academic and research programs
#2
Best Forest Resources Production and Management College
UNIVERSITIES.COM, 2022
#1
Top Meteorology Bachelor’s Degree School
COLLEGE Factual, 2022
#4
Best Wildlife, Fish, and Wildlands Science and Management College
UNIVERSITIES.COM, 2022
#7
Best Packaging Science College
UNIVERSITY.COM, 2022
$24+ million
IN EXTERNAL
RESEARCH FUNDING
6
RESEARCH CENTERS
The College of Natural Resources and Environment is comprised of four academic departments: Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Geography, and Sustainable Biomaterials.
Our students stay on track to graduate
90.3%
FIRST-YEAR
RETENTION RATE
43.8%
STUDENTS ON
DEAN'S LIST
$406,000+
AWARDED IN
CNRE SCHOLARSHIPS
You’ll get to know your faculty
90
Instructional
faculty
11:1
STUDENT-TO-FACULTY
RATIO
20
AVERAGE UPPER-LEVEL
CLASS SIZE
Meet the fall 2021 freshman class
- 198 students
- 3.9 average HS GPA
- 658 average SAT Reading score
- 624 average SAT Math score
- 76% Virginia residents
- 24% students from other states or countries
- 52% male
- 48% female
Overall rankings for Virginia Tech
#13
Best school for making an impact
PRINCETON REVIEW, 2022
#13
TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITY
NICHE, 2021
#30
Top public school
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2021