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UVA vs Virginia Tech

How classes compare at University of Virginia and Virginia Tech: the easiest and hardest courses, difficulty and workload by subject.

From student ratings across the web

Classes at UVA and Virginia Tech rate about as hard as each other. Workload is about the same at both.

MeasureUVAVirginia Tech
Rated courses1,010678
Average difficulty62/10061/100
Average workload62/10064/100

Difficulty by subject

Average of each department's rated courses, 0 to 100. Higher is harder, or more time.

Easiest classes at UVA

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    EVSC120

    38/100 difficulty4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 19 ratings

  2. 2

    COLA1500College Advising Seminars

    39/100 difficulty4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 19 ratings

  3. 3

    CS1112Introduction to Programming

    41/100 difficulty4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 17 ratings

  4. 4

    PLAN103

    41/100 difficulty4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 14 ratings

  5. 5

    DRAM101

    41/100 difficulty4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 11 ratings

All easiest classes at UVA

Easiest classes at Virginia Tech

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    BMES2004Concussion Perspectives: Medical, Scientific and Societal Perspectives

    29/100 difficulty5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 60 ratings

  2. 2

    AAEC2104Personal Financial Planning

    33/100 difficulty5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 35 ratings

  3. 3

    ITDS1114Design Appreciation

    35/100 difficulty3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 83 ratings

  4. 4

    ENGL11106

    37/100 difficulty4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 14 ratings

  5. 5

    SPES2004Cannabis - Science, Industry, and Culture

    37/100 difficulty5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 12 ratings

All easiest classes at Virginia Tech

Hardest classes at UVA

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    CHEM241L

    89/100 difficulty1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 28 ratings

  2. 2

    CHEM2420Organic Chemistry II

    83/100 difficulty3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 20 ratings

  3. 3

    CS2130Computer Systems and Organization 1

    83/100 difficulty1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 18 ratings

  4. 4

    BIOL3000Cell Biology

    82/100 difficulty3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 33 ratings

  5. 5

    BIOL203

    82/100 difficulty2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 27 ratings

All hardest classes at UVA

Hardest classes at Virginia Tech

Ranked by difficulty, from student ratings

  1. 1

    BMSP2135Human Anatomy & Physiology

    86/100 difficulty1.9 out of 5 stars1.9· 52 ratings

  2. 2

    JMC3154Multimedia Reporting

    86/100 difficulty1.1 out of 5 stars1.1· 21 ratings

  3. 3

    ISE2024Probability Foundations for Industrial and Systems Engineers

    86/100 difficulty1.7 out of 5 stars1.7· 20 ratings

  4. 4

    AOE3034System Dynamics and Control

    86/100 difficulty1.4 out of 5 stars1.4· 16 ratings

  5. 5

    CS5764Information Visualization

    86/100 difficulty1.3 out of 5 stars1.3· 14 ratings

All hardest classes at Virginia Tech

Difficulty and workload are 0 to 100 scores from student ratings across the web, averaged over courses with 3 or more ratings. Subjects are matched by department name and shown when both schools have at least 3 rated courses in them.