Virginia Tech at a glance

• Name: Formerly known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Founded: 1872

• Location: Blacksburg, Va., population, 39,573; 220 miles west of Richmond

• Enrollment: 26,370

• Race: White 69.5 percent; black 4.3 percent; Asian 6.2 percent; international 7 percent; Hispanic 2.2 percent; unknown 10.2 percent

• Percentage of freshmen in top 10 percent of high school class: 38 percent

• Number of police officers: 40; 50 in Blacksburg

• Most prominent on-campus crimes in 2005: burglary 22, arson 9, forcible sex offenses 7, aggravated assault 5.

• Blacksburg crime: Number of crimes dropped 15 percent from 3,056 in fiscal 2003-04 to 2,593 in 2005-06. No murders were reported in fiscal 2005-06, but number of assaults rose 13 percent, to 312.