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Program Details
George Mason University
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering (14.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Bioengineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 140501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2010

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2010

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	196	199	42
2019-20	209	208	38
2020-21	223	224	44
2021-22	220	209	42
2022-23	219	207	36

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.48	141	$ 3,239

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.42	100

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	32	10	42
2019-20	34	4	38
2020-21	36	8	44
2021-22	34	8	42
2022-23	33	3	36
Five Year Summary	169	33	202

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	13	29	1	53	202	20	73	5	202

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)	20	25%
2016-17 (5 years)	101	39%	$88,338	$106,257	$122,430
2018-19 (3 years)	166	40%	$60,268	$84,299	$98,199
2020-21 (18 months)	203	43%	$32,764	$52,797	$84,107

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	75	54.3%	$ 18,800	$ 25,974	$ 29,791	$ 32,154
2014-15 to 2018-19	87	52.4%	$ 18,487	$ 26,718	$ 31,670	$ 37,108
2015-16 to 2019-20	100	54.3%	$ 17,810	$ 26,345	$ 30,471	$ 33,269
2016-17 to 2020-21	114	56.2%	$ 17,315	$ 26,720	$ 30,947	$ 35,743
2017-18 to 2021-22	117	56.0%	$ 18,060	$ 27,703	$ 32,508	$ 34,384

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	75	54.3%	$ 18,800	$ 26,720	$ 36,355	$ 46,456
2014-15 to 2018-19	87	52.4%	$ 18,800	$ 26,724	$ 38,609	$ 48,541
2015-16 to 2019-20	100	54.3%	$ 17,810	$ 26,722	$ 39,047	$ 45,957
2016-17 to 2020-21	114	56.2%	$ 17,810	$ 28,699	$ 40,857	$ 46,456
2017-18 to 2021-22	117	56.0%	$ 18,310	$ 29,139	$ 42,764	$ 48,554

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.