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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Pharmacy (51.2001)
First Professional Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Pharmacy

Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees

Degree Title: PHARMD

2010 CIP Code: 512001

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	507	697	124
2019-20	470	638	123
2020-21	440	624	117
2021-22	388	532	110
2022-23	365	490	91

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 6,855

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	106	18	124
2019-20	100	23	123
2020-21	95	22	117
2021-22	86	24	110
2022-23	76	15	91
Five Year Summary	463	102	565

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	4	51	2	203	565	16	235	45	565

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)	646	54%	$122,277	$146,792	$160,596
2013-14 (8 years)	646	59%	$120,241	$141,261	$157,668
2016-17 (5 years)	650	62%	$119,945	$137,576	$152,211
2018-19 (3 years)	649	61%	$115,962	$133,352	$149,261
2020-21 (18 months)	627	59%	$75,469	$98,857	$130,603

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	570	87.0%	$ 132,278	$ 134,778	$ 125,637	$ 134,778
2014-15 to 2018-19	561	86.4%	$ 132,278	$ 134,778	$ 126,451	$ 134,778
2015-16 to 2019-20	553	85.9%	$ 131,778	$ 134,778	$ 126,130	$ 134,778
2016-17 to 2020-21	535	85.3%	$ 129,553	$ 134,778	$ 125,601	$ 134,778
2017-18 to 2021-22	510	84.3%	$ 129,300	$ 134,778	$ 124,655	$ 134,778

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	570	87.0%	$ 134,778	$ 137,907	$ 150,389	$ 178,980
2014-15 to 2018-19	561	86.4%	$ 134,778	$ 139,136	$ 152,572	$ 181,889
2015-16 to 2019-20	553	85.9%	$ 134,778	$ 141,047	$ 154,187	$ 181,889
2016-17 to 2020-21	535	85.3%	$ 134,389	$ 138,956	$ 155,422	$ 189,103
2017-18 to 2021-22	510	84.3%	$ 132,246	$ 134,779	$ 155,861	$ 194,549

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.