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Program Details
University of Lynchburg
Physician Assistant (51.0912)
Doctor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Doctor of Medical Science

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

Degree Title: DMSC

2010 CIP Code:

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	315	417	137
2019-20	355	416	283
2020-21	409	492	282
2021-22	377	532	346
2022-23	328	501	312

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 7,714

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	24	113	137
2019-20	19	264	283
2020-21	19	263	282
2021-22	31	315	346
2022-23	31	281	312
Five Year Summary	124	1,236	1,360

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	11	172	5	94	1,360	112	858	64	1,360

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)
2011-12 (10 years)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)		NaN
2018-19 (3 years)	137	14%
2020-21 (18 months)	702	8%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15 to 2018-19	16	11.7%	$ 30,750	$ 41,000	$ 44,265	$ 56,233
2015-16 to 2019-20	36	8.6%	$ 38,269	$ 41,000	$ 45,718	$ 56,233
2016-17 to 2020-21	50	7.1%	$ 41,000	$ 41,000	$ 46,258	$ 55,738
2017-18 to 2021-22	101	9.6%	$ 20,500	$ 41,000	$ 36,201	$ 41,000

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
2014-15 to 2018-19	16	11.7%	$ 32,625	$ 62,168	$ 71,041	$ 98,582
2015-16 to 2019-20	36	8.6%	$ 45,442	$ 71,467	$ 73,531	$ 85,957
2016-17 to 2020-21	50	7.1%	$ 47,500	$ 71,866	$ 73,638	$ 86,353
2017-18 to 2021-22	101	9.6%	$ 20,500	$ 47,500	$ 54,393	$ 78,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.