Higher Ed Info for Virginia

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Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Doctor's Degree
Wage Outcomes

The doctor of philosophy is generally the terminal degree for any field of study. It is thus unsuprising that that the data shows no doctoral completers having enrolled in higher level of studies the following year. This does not mean that there are no graduates that did enroll in other levels of study, such as in professional degrees, just that we did not track that in these data as the numbers are quite small.

It is also not surprising that we have no information on the bulk of the graduates of doctoral programs compete in the national marketplace.

Wage Outcomes, 2020 Calendar Year

Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions, Doctor's Degree
Earnings in 2020	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
20 Years (1999-00 Graduates)	$101,749	16%
15 Years (2004-05 Graduates)	$98,450	22%
10 Years (2009-10 Graduates)	$93,305	28%
8 Years (2011-12 Graduates)	$89,568	25%
5 Years (2014-15 Graduates)	$82,675	25%
3 Years (2016-17 Graduates)	$75,728	27%
18 Months (2018-19 Graduates)	$69,676	29%

Only years/programs meeting disclosure rules will be displayed to protect individual confidentiality.

Wages in 2020
Years Post-Completion	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
	80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
20 Years (1999-00 Graduates)	$34,734	$73,318	$101,749	$156,555	$258,545
15 Years (2004-05 Graduates)	$30,349	$66,359	$98,450	$137,731	$188,855
10 Years (2009-10 Graduates)	$35,502	$67,885	$93,305	$123,483	$176,652
8 Years (2011-12 Graduates)	$43,211	$67,781	$89,568	$122,170	$169,775
5 Years (2014-15 Graduates)	$31,220	$60,107	$82,675	$110,702	$154,418
3 Years (2016-17 Graduates)	$30,250	$57,726	$75,728	$100,804	$135,733
18 Months (2018-19 Graduates)	$30,219	$51,084	$69,676	$97,121	$132,387

As reminder, the median value represents the very middle value of the sample of values (wage or debt) sorted from low to high. This value is found in the middle line of the barcharts.
The remaining values in the chart are constructed similarly, to display how wages and earnings are distributed. Thus, while the median tells us the middle wage, the values for the 25th and 75th percentiles tell us that half of the graduates with wages fall between those two values. Likewise, 80% of reported wages fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles. The length of each bar section clue to the dispersion in the data - that is, how much earnings can vary within a range a group of individuals.

Top 10 Largest Programs at Doctor's Degree Level, 2020 Median Wages Three Years Post-Completion
Institution	Program Title	Median Wage
Liberty University	Educational Leadership and Administration, General (130401)	$63,540
Shenandoah University	Physical Therapy/Therapist. (512308)	$81,578
Liberty University	Theology/Theological Studies (390601)	$49,296
Regent University	Organizational Behavior Studies (521003)	$78,242
Virginia Commonwealth University	Physical Therapy/Therapist. (512308)	$71,394
Liberty University	Curriculum and Instruction (130301)	$54,734
Virginia Commonwealth University	Nurse Anesthetist (513804)	$172,120
University of Lynchburg	Physical Therapy/Therapist. (512308)	$72,899
Old Dominion University	Physical Therapy/Therapist. (512308)	$73,643
George Mason University	Education, General (130101)	$87,545

NOTE: Fewer than 10 programs may be displayed if they disclosure rules for providing wage outcome data are not met.
Top 25 Programs by Enrollment
Top 25 Programs by Degrees Awarded

Graduate Debt
Doctor's Degree
Student Loans

Known Debt at Graduation of Student Borrowers
Year	% of grads	25th Percentile	Median	Estimated Payment on Median Debt	Mean	75th Percentile
2017-18	44%	$37,911	$64,477	$742	$73,198	$101,866
2018-19	42%	$41,000	$68,579	$789	$75,685	$101,548
2019-20	41%	$38,977	$69,275	$797	$75,930	$104,776
2020-21	45%	$41,000	$68,061	$783	$76,929	$104,000
2021-22	48%	$41,000	$65,061	$749	$74,673	$97,390

Note: The four-year bachelor’s degree mean and median debt levels reported on this site may differ from that reported by individual institutions. Many institutions report indebtedness based on the Common Data Set definition, which limits the indebtedness level reported to include only those students who entered the institution as first-time in college (FTIC) students. The inclusion of graduates who entered as transfer students may tend to lower the overall mean or median debt level because it does not include any debt that transfer students acquired while attending previous institutions outside Virginia and relatively few transfers from Virginia’s two-year colleges incur debt prior to transfer. Repayment estimates assume a standard 10-year repayment rate, and a 5% interest rate for undegraduate loans (for which multiple interest rates exist) and 6.8% for graduate and professional programs. Borrowers with federal loans may be eligible for Income Driven Repayment, which may result in lower payments.