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Virginia Tech · Blacksburg, Virginia · Public
“The Hokie network's business wing, strongest in Northern Virginia.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
66.4
GoodBP Score
$55,000Tuition, total
610Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
83%Placed at 3 months
$100,000Median base salary
Our review
Pamplin’s smartest asset is geographic: its professional MBA operates in Northern Virginia’s tech-and-defense corridor, where the university’s engineering diaspora fills the org charts and Amazon’s HQ2 keeps adding demand. The Blacksburg residential program stays small; the Falls Church footprint does the volume.
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