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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Physical Therapy/Therapist. (51.2308)
Doctor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Physical Therapy

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

Degree Title: DPT

2010 CIP Code: 512308

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 06/2001

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 06/2001

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	165	282	54
2019-20	168	289	54
2020-21	173	294	56
2021-22	174	297	57
2022-23	175	296	58

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,482

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	51	3	54
2019-20	49	5	54
2020-21	52	4	56
2021-22	54	3	57
2022-23	53	5	58
Five Year Summary	259	20	279

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	1	11	0	20	279	5	219	15	279

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)	440	65%	$67,107	$89,465	$107,833
2013-14 (8 years)	358	65%	$68,367	$87,488	$103,629
2016-17 (5 years)	267	67%	$57,431	$78,358	$89,354
2018-19 (3 years)	267	69%	$68,355	$78,333	$85,692
2020-21 (18 months)	264	69%	$67,556	$75,278	$81,626

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	176	67.2%	$ 45,104	$ 61,752	$ 56,553	$ 70,882
2014-15 to 2018-19	163	61.0%	$ 45,057	$ 61,500	$ 56,321	$ 71,320
2015-16 to 2019-20	159	60.2%	$ 45,620	$ 61,500	$ 57,847	$ 71,750
2016-17 to 2020-21	148	56.1%	$ 46,324	$ 64,375	$ 58,324	$ 71,750
2017-18 to 2021-22	158	58.1%	$ 52,250	$ 66,761	$ 60,597	$ 73,912

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	176	67.2%	$ 45,104	$ 66,716	$ 64,065	$ 79,501
2014-15 to 2018-19	163	61.0%	$ 45,057	$ 67,432	$ 65,268	$ 81,768
2015-16 to 2019-20	159	60.2%	$ 45,620	$ 68,750	$ 67,709	$ 83,508
2016-17 to 2020-21	148	56.1%	$ 46,324	$ 70,706	$ 70,710	$ 94,217
2017-18 to 2021-22	158	58.1%	$ 57,650	$ 72,576	$ 75,047	$ 97,228

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