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Program Details
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Biological and Physical Sciences (30.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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	Credit Hours	Program Offered
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Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	10,204	7,448	1,180
2019-20	10,053	7,236	1,113
2020-21	8,342	5,979	1,195
2021-22	6,940	4,996	1,101
2022-23	6,235	4,435	935

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.58	67	$ 2,099

The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.

Program Graduates by Domicile
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Total
2018-19	1,161	19	1,180
2019-20	1,095	18	1,113
2020-21	1,171	24	1,195
2021-22	1,083	18	1,101
2022-23	919	16	935
Five Year Summary	5,429	95	5,524

Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,

Year	Foreign/ International	African Am. or Black (NH)	Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)	Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)	Hispanic	White, Caucasian Am. (NH)	Multi-Race (NH)	Unknown/ Unreported (NH)	Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years	159	677	13	653	5,524	690	2,900	108	5,524

Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.

Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)	3,327	49%	$41,596	$61,407	$89,908
2013-14 (8 years)	4,360	50%	$37,153	$56,439	$79,404
2016-17 (5 years)	5,506	54%	$28,197	$44,244	$63,291
2018-19 (3 years)	5,808	56%	$18,090	$31,907	$47,230
2020-21 (18 months)	5,876	53%	$10,617	$18,691	$32,204

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	2,289	40.4%	$ 5,500	$ 10,884	$ 13,319	$ 18,250
2014-15 to 2018-19	2,250	38.7%	$ 5,500	$ 10,884	$ 13,231	$ 17,854
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,190	37.5%	$ 5,500	$ 10,884	$ 13,160	$ 17,472
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,112	35.9%	$ 5,500	$ 10,884	$ 13,192	$ 17,322
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,944	33.7%	$ 5,475	$ 10,500	$ 13,125	$ 17,316

Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	2,299	40.6%	$ 5,906	$ 11,020	$ 14,229	$ 19,096
2014-15 to 2018-19	2,262	38.9%	$ 5,657	$ 10,943	$ 14,135	$ 18,933
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,205	37.8%	$ 5,500	$ 10,963	$ 14,152	$ 18,552
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,129	36.2%	$ 5,500	$ 10,890	$ 14,291	$ 18,442
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,959	34.0%	$ 5,500	$ 10,888	$ 14,167	$ 18,312

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.