The Graduate School focuses on helping students thrive and succeed during their educational journey at Virginia Tech. We provide programs, services, and support for more than 7,000 graduate students across the university’s programs, colleges, campuses, and online. Many graduate students serve as teachers, research assistants, and mentors, and more than 3,000 graduate students receive financial assistance each year.
Giving Day donations help us provide:
- Research fellowships.
- Professional Development programs.
- Safe and affordable childcare for graduate students with families.
- Gap funding to assist students who need help to cover the cost of the last credits they need to complete a degree, or to cover unexpected degree-required expenses. More than 30 students completed degrees with help from this fund this past summer.
- Emergency support for students in need of such assistance.
How you can help
Gifts to the following funds assure that we can continue providing students with the support and services they need.
Graduate School Annual Fund
This fund supports fellowships and scholarships for students, and helps cover the cost of workshops, speaker events, and other such activities. This fund also provides emergency assistance to students when such is needed.
Little Hokie Hangout Fund
Gifts to this initiative help graduate students with children pursue their educational and professional goals by enrolling their children in the Graduate School’s own early education program. Ten donations of $50 make it possible for a child to attend the program three mornings a week for an entire semester. Students who have received this assistance say it has made continuing and completing their education possible.
The Fellowship Fund provides financial support to students in the form of fellowships and scholarships.
| Rank | State | Gifts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VA | 64 |
| 2 | MD | 3 |
| 3 | MA | 2 |
| Rank | Answer | Donors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026 | 1,228 |
| 2 | 2027 | 1,151 |
| 3 | 2028 | 944 |
| 4 | 2029 | 674 |
