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86 Master's degrees offered by the university
Agricultural and Applied Economics
At the master’s level, students of the Agricultural and Applied Economics program of Virginia Tech can select between an applied economics focus and a focus on agribusiness.
Materials Science and Engineering
The Materials Science and Engineering program of Virginia Tech emphasizes teaching and research in metals, ceramics, polymers, electronic materials, biomaterials, and composites.
Civil Engineering
The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, which is ranked in the top 10 accredited civil and environmental engineering departments by the US News and World Report offers the Civil Engineering program of Virginia Tech. The department currently has over 70 faculty, 500 undergraduates and almost 400 graduate students.
Data Analysis and Applied Statistics (Part-Time)
The Data Analysis and Applied Statistics (Part-Time) master of arts degree at Virginia Tech is offered in a part-time program based at the Northern Virginia Center.
Mathematics
The Mathematics program of Virginia Tech is offered by the Department of Mathematics. There are roughly 70 graduate students actively engaged in the mathematics graduate program. All graduate students have an office/study space for their own use, and are welcome in the Department's Common Room for informal discussion and conversation.
Architecture
The Architecture program of Virginia Tech offers the opportunity for advanced study and research in specialized areas related to building design, construction, and operations over a broad range of scales, providing the basis for diverse career paths and/or entry into a Ph.D.-level program.
Sustainable Biomaterials
The Sustainable Biomaterials program at Virginia Tech offers three graduate degrees: Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Forestry (M.F.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). The M.S. is a thesis-based degree, and the M.F. is a professional course-work-based non-thesis degree.
Biomedical Engineering
The Biomedical Engineering program of Virginia Tech is a unique multidisciplinary program that bridges the biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, and real-world applications to enhance the quality of life.
Chemical Engineering
The Chemical Engineering program of Virginia Tech is heavily oriented toward synthesis as well as the usual emphasis upon analysis. There is a strong thread of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biochemistry, and microbiology in much of the research in the department.
Macromolecular Science and Engineering
The Macromolecular Science and Engineering program of Virginia Tech is an interdepartmental, intercollegiate graduate degree focused on polymer science and engineering.
Horticulture
The Horticulture graduate program in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Virginia Tech offers programs leading to the Master's and Doctoral degrees.
Food Science and Technology
Food science and technology is a fusion of chemistry, microbiology and engineering. The researchers in the Food Science and Technology program of Virginia Tech explore innovation in the areas of creating new, healthful food products, and ensuring a safe and tasty food supply.
Forest Products
The Forest Products program of Virginia Tech provides educational and research opportunities in the areas of sustainable biomaterials, spanning the range from nanotechnology and the basic science of wood and other renewable materials, through processing, manufacturing, marketing, management, and competitiveness aspects of the various biomaterials industries.
Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
The Translational Biology, Medicine and Health program at Virginia Tech is a research-intensive, multidisciplinary program in the biomedical and health sciences that emphasizes the concept of translational science. It brings together students from the life, behavioral, physical, engineering, and computational sciences to consider today’s major health challenges.
Animal and Poultry Sciences
The Animal and Poultry Sciences program of Virginia Tech offers a MS and PhD in multiple disciplines with the degree tailored to fit the career objectives and interests of the student.
Music Education
The Music Education Program at Virginia Tech strives to identify and recruit talented and knowledgeable choral or instrumental teacher candidates, especially from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Mechanical Engineering
The Mechanical Engineering program of Virginia Tech provides quality mechanical engineering education through innovative research, faculty expertise, and practices that further expand and enhance students’ abilities in communication and problem solving, service and leadership within their profession, industry, and higher education.
Geography
The Geography program of Virginia Tech develops specialists for academic, agency, and industry positions through emphasis on geographic analysis, identifying debates and gaps in the current literature to define an original research question, and conducting research, collecting primary or secondary data, defending and presenting findings in publishable form.
English
The English program of Virginia Tech prepares students for doctoral work and careers in a variety of professional fields, enhances your professional credentials by serving as a companion to other advanced degrees, and continues to hone a student’s communication and creativity skills, skills which have high currency for employers in a variety of industries.
Building Construction Science and Management
The Building Construction Science and Management program of Virginia Tech offers the opportunity for advanced study and research in specialized areas related to building design, construction, and operations over a broad range of scales providing the basis for diverse career paths and/or entry into a Ph.D. level program.