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
#1
Top School in Natural Resources Management
COLLEGE FACTUAL, 2023
#1
Best College for
Forestry
COLLEGE RAPTOR, 2023
#2
Best College for Meteorology
COLLEGE RAPTOR, 2023
#5
Best College for
Packaging Science
College Raptor, 2023
$25+ million
IN EXTERNAL
RESEARCH FUNDING
10
Research Centers and Cooperatives
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
89.8%
FIRST-YEAR
RETENTION RATE
43.8%
STUDENTS ON
DEAN'S LIST
$411,244
AWARDED IN
CNRE SCHOLARSHIPS
You’ll get to know your faculty
90
Instructional
faculty
9:1
STUDENT-TO-FACULTY
RATIO
22
AVERAGE UPPER-LEVEL
CLASS SIZE
Meet the fall 2022 freshman class
- 215 students
- 3.92 average HS GPA
- 635 average SAT Reading score
- 605 average SAT Math score
- 84% Virginia residents
- 16% students from other states or countries
- 56% male
- 44% female
Overall rankings for Virginia Tech
#10
Most Loved College
PRINCETON REVIEW, 2023
#12
HAPPIEST STUDENTS
Princeton Review, 2023
#23
Top public school
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2023