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Program Details
Christopher Newport University
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: BA/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	781	758	171
2019-20	704	701	157
2020-21	652	631	153
2021-22	592	579	127
2022-23	600	586	132

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.00	120	$ 2,254

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.72	76

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	158	13	171
2019-20	140	17	157
2020-21	137	16	153
2021-22	113	14	127
2022-23	121	11	132
Five Year Summary	669	71	740

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	36	3	28	740	35	560	27	740

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)	561	51%	$52,328	$71,172	$92,490
2013-14 (8 years)	637	51%	$47,410	$65,753	$83,645
2016-17 (5 years)	789	54%	$38,340	$54,810	$74,496
2018-19 (3 years)	852	52%	$29,076	$43,348	$57,579
2020-21 (18 months)	827	54%	$16,547	$27,895	$40,425

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	499	62.9%	$ 20,284	$ 26,720	$ 29,615	$ 31,241
2014-15 to 2018-19	516	62.8%	$ 20,286	$ 26,720	$ 31,108	$ 34,599
2015-16 to 2019-20	496	61.5%	$ 20,296	$ 26,720	$ 33,584	$ 37,542
2016-17 to 2020-21	489	61.2%	$ 20,284	$ 26,720	$ 34,444	$ 39,165
2017-18 to 2021-22	447	60.2%	$ 20,288	$ 26,720	$ 35,968	$ 42,740

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	502	63.3%	$ 21,033	$ 28,620	$ 38,364	$ 56,693
2014-15 to 2018-19	519	63.1%	$ 22,441	$ 29,847	$ 40,234	$ 59,160
2015-16 to 2019-20	499	61.8%	$ 22,509	$ 30,850	$ 43,591	$ 64,716
2016-17 to 2020-21	491	61.5%	$ 22,509	$ 31,167	$ 45,785	$ 66,940
2017-18 to 2021-22	448	60.4%	$ 22,511	$ 33,910	$ 48,596	$ 72,625

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.