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Program Details
Bridgewater College
Biology/Biological Sciences, General (26.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biology

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 260101

	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	180	169	32
2019-20	144	138	32
2020-21	127	122	22
2021-22	141	137	28
2022-23	135	127	25

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.92	121	$ 2,344

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.66	81

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	20	12	32
2019-20	24	8	32
2020-21	15	7	22
2021-22	23	5	28
2022-23	20	5	25
Five Year Summary	102	37	139

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	3	16	1	2	139	10	93	4	139

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)	186	58%	$55,275	$72,216	$97,075
2013-14 (8 years)	187	53%	$49,003	$68,636	$84,122
2016-17 (5 years)	224	50%	$39,831	$51,751	$67,229
2018-19 (3 years)	199	48%	$28,510	$43,799	$56,787
2020-21 (18 months)	154	51%	$17,573	$29,307	$43,505

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	159	79.9%	$ 21,500	$ 27,000	$ 29,013	$ 32,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	145	78.4%	$ 23,250	$ 27,000	$ 31,388	$ 34,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	129	75.9%	$ 23,321	$ 27,000	$ 31,638	$ 35,777
2016-17 to 2020-21	110	74.8%	$ 25,000	$ 28,000	$ 32,254	$ 35,777
2017-18 to 2021-22	102	75.0%	$ 24,562	$ 28,250	$ 32,753	$ 38,949

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	160	80.4%	$ 22,313	$ 30,750	$ 39,780	$ 55,157
2014-15 to 2018-19	146	78.9%	$ 26,695	$ 33,000	$ 43,984	$ 63,521
2015-16 to 2019-20	130	76.5%	$ 26,695	$ 33,206	$ 43,690	$ 63,521
2016-17 to 2020-21	111	75.5%	$ 27,000	$ 38,949	$ 46,383	$ 66,210
2017-18 to 2021-22	103	75.7%	$ 27,000	$ 38,949	$ 45,613	$ 65,682

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.