Rankings & Statistics

We are the best place to study natural resources and conservation

If you’re looking for the best place to study natural resources and conservation, you’ve found it

But we’re also so much more. Review our rankings and statistics to help complete your picture of what life is like in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment.    

Top academic and research programs 

#1

NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM

COLLEGE factual, 2018

#1

FORESTRY PROGRAM

COLLEGE factual, 2018

#7

PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND DESIGN PROGRAM

VALUE COLLEGES, 2018

#2

IN RESEARCH EXPENDITURES PER FACULTY MEMBER AT VIRGINIA TECH

$16+ million

IN EXTERNAL
RESEARCH FUNDING

6

RESEARCH CENTERS

The college is comprised of four academic departments: Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Geography, and Sustainable Biomaterials.

Our students stay on track and finish on time

3.96

AVG. YEARS TO DEGREE FOR UNDERGRADUATES

90.7%

FIRST-YEAR 
RETENTION RATE

$301,219

AWARDED IN
CNRE SCHOLARSHIPS  

You’ll get to know your faculty

71

TENURE-TRACK
FACULTY

12:1

STUDENT-TO-FACULTY
RATIO

22

AVERAGE UPPER-LEVEL
CLASS SIZE

Meet the fall 2018 freshman class

  • 161 students
  • 3.93 average HS GPA
  • 621 average SAT Reading score
  • 601 average SAT Math score
  • 69% in the top quarter of their high school class (among those reporting rank)
  • 81% Virginia residents
  • 19% students from other states or countries
  • 61% male
  • 39% female

Overall rankings for Virginia Tech

#3

MOST LOVED COLLEGE

PRINCETON REVIEW, 2018

#3

BEST COLLEGE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO

MONEY, 2017

#25

NATIONAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2017