81 Master's degrees offered by the university

The Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education at Virginia Tech is nationally recognized as a comprehensive Agricultural and Extension Education program encompassing teaching and learning, Extension, and leadership in agriculture. 

The fully accredited Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures program of Virginia Tech is designed to meet the needs of students seeking academic and other professional careers in contexts that require intercultural competency as well as a specialized knowledge of Spanish and/or French. 

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. 

The Political Science program of Virginia Tech is designed to provide students with a firm, broadly based grounding in the discipline of political science and a strong foundation in social science research methodologies. 

Virginia Tech's Master of Science in Business Administration - Hospitality and Tourism Management (MSBA-HTM) prepares students for management and leadership roles across a wide range of careers in the hospitality and tourism sector.

The Counselor Education program at Virginia Tech is designed for aspiring school and clinical mental health counselors, educational leaders, and future faculty in Counselor Education and Supervision.

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. 

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.

The Geosciences program of Virginia Tech focuses on research, education and outreach dealing with the nature of the earth. We offer the MS and PhD degree programs at the Blacksburg campus. 

The Communication program of Virginia Tech offers advanced study in strategic communication and society, media, and technology research from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. 

The Materials Science and Engineering program of Virginia Tech emphasizes teaching and research in metals, ceramics, polymers, electronic materials, biomaterials, and composites. 

As a program within the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, the mission of the Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science program of Virginia Tech is to optimize plant productivity and quality by limiting the impact of biotic and abiotic stresses on the profitability of crops and other plant enterprises, as well as the impact of these stresses on natural and agricultural ecosystems. 

The Natural Resources program of Virginia Tech is designed for working professionals aiming to advance their careers or to shift to leadership roles in the environmental and sustainability fields or functions. Delivered through two flexible programs—Executive (in-person/online hybrid) and Online—our innovative instruction allows you to immediately apply what you learn to real-world challenges. 

The Ocean Engineering program of Virginia Tech allows students to immerse themselves in the technology, honing their research, design, and analysis skills. 

The Sociology program of Virginia Tech provides students with comprehensive training in research design, quantitative and qualitative methods, sociological theory, and a wide range of substantive areas. 

The Marketing program of Virginia Tech is highly selective and limited in size (admitting 1 to 3 students per year) and involves a high level of interaction with members of the marketing faculty. 

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. 

The Public Administration program of Virginia Tech, offered through the Center for Public Administration and Policy progam, prepares students to lead and manage in public service while developing managerial, analytic, and normative evaluation skills. 

The Public Health program of Virginia Tech is a professional degree that prepares graduates to practice public health in local, state, regional, national, and global settings. The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredits schools and programs in public health to ensure that their curriculum is appropriate to effectively prepare students to enter the public health workforce. 

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.