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Program Details
Longwood 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: 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	221	204	59
2019-20	181	169	51
2020-21	138	129	31
2021-22	114	109	27
2022-23	137	131	23

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.23	129	$ 3,046

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.65	97

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	52	7	59
2019-20	50	1	51
2020-21	28	3	31
2021-22	23	4	27
2022-23	21	2	23
Five Year Summary	174	17	191

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	2	21	0	3	191	10	137	18	191

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)	198	58%	$48,450	$65,128	$86,334
2013-14 (8 years)	254	59%	$41,985	$60,282	$82,281
2016-17 (5 years)	270	62%	$39,481	$56,671	$68,353
2018-19 (3 years)	263	61%	$32,200	$43,817	$55,801
2020-21 (18 months)	248	63%	$22,823	$32,288	$45,980

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	177	68.9%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 28,885	$ 33,057
2014-15 to 2018-19	182	70.3%	$ 19,350	$ 27,000	$ 28,969	$ 32,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	185	70.6%	$ 21,457	$ 27,000	$ 30,486	$ 33,057
2016-17 to 2020-21	172	69.9%	$ 21,500	$ 27,000	$ 32,065	$ 35,885
2017-18 to 2021-22	150	69.8%	$ 21,500	$ 27,000	$ 33,025	$ 38,500

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	180	70.0%	$ 23,125	$ 41,053	$ 45,093	$ 62,076
2014-15 to 2018-19	184	71.0%	$ 25,000	$ 42,879	$ 48,644	$ 66,128
2015-16 to 2019-20	186	71.0%	$ 25,080	$ 47,204	$ 51,227	$ 70,666
2016-17 to 2020-21	173	70.3%	$ 27,000	$ 50,531	$ 54,455	$ 79,704
2017-18 to 2021-22	151	70.2%	$ 25,592	$ 49,719	$ 54,381	$ 78,400

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.