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Program Details
Bluefield University
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing (51.3811)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Nursing

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2013

Program authorized for distance learning

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	66	52	37
2019-20	57	55	30
2020-21	45	32	35
2021-22	24	23	15
2022-23	21	14	14

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.19	103	$ 6,362

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.53	51

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	35	2	37
2019-20	23	7	30
2020-21	28	7	35
2021-22	15	0	15
2022-23	10	4	14
Five Year Summary	111	20	131

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	0	6	1	0	131	1	77	44	131

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)	16	56%
2016-17 (5 years)	121	61%	$60,905	$80,005	$95,126
2018-19 (3 years)	169	65%	$48,697	$69,045	$85,148
2020-21 (18 months)	160	69%	$53,442	$73,295	$84,753

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	114	79.2%	$ 13,030	$ 18,554	$ 20,908	$ 25,646
2014-15 to 2018-19	134	79.3%	$ 12,374	$ 18,147	$ 19,689	$ 24,744
2015-16 to 2019-20	140	80.5%	$ 12,374	$ 18,556	$ 20,311	$ 24,746
2016-17 to 2020-21	126	78.7%	$ 11,630	$ 17,652	$ 19,691	$ 24,745
2017-18 to 2021-22	113	78.5%	$ 11,135	$ 17,979	$ 19,818	$ 24,744

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	114	79.2%	$ 13,030	$ 18,554	$ 20,995	$ 25,668
2014-15 to 2018-19	134	79.3%	$ 12,374	$ 18,147	$ 19,762	$ 24,744
2015-16 to 2019-20	140	80.5%	$ 12,374	$ 18,556	$ 20,339	$ 24,746
2016-17 to 2020-21	126	78.7%	$ 11,764	$ 17,652	$ 19,755	$ 24,745
2017-18 to 2021-22	113	78.5%	$ 11,630	$ 17,979	$ 19,890	$ 24,744

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.