The financial aid department of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University helps students by assisting them with scholarships, grants, and student loans in the event that they find the fees and the cost of living at the campus to be expensive. The average financial aid at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is around $5,405 and the federal grant is $6,653. Prospective students can benefit from state-level aid worth $5,022 as well as institutional aid worth $5,405. The total need-based scholarships/grants offered at VPISU based on students' financial needs add up to $38,490,877 per year. Meanwhile, the total non-need-based scholarships/grants in a year come to around $47,190,490.