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Program Details
University of Mary Washington
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	261	267	76
2019-20	253	266	89
2020-21	271	285	101
2021-22	270	258	92
2022-23	254	256	84

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.24	123	$ 2,660

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.21	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	69	7	76
2019-20	86	3	89
2020-21	93	8	101
2021-22	79	13	92
2022-23	77	7	84
Five Year Summary	404	38	442

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	7	28	1	17	442	61	280	13	442

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)	392	40%	$54,924	$75,728	$103,976
2013-14 (8 years)	403	44%	$51,294	$66,976	$86,752
2016-17 (5 years)	420	47%	$35,286	$54,113	$69,886
2018-19 (3 years)	416	48%	$27,816	$44,970	$61,300
2020-21 (18 months)	429	54%	$19,025	$28,446	$41,999

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	229	56.5%	$ 14,844	$ 26,000	$ 27,872	$ 31,166
2014-15 to 2018-19	235	57.9%	$ 14,102	$ 24,970	$ 27,584	$ 30,848
2015-16 to 2019-20	234	57.2%	$ 14,842	$ 25,391	$ 28,306	$ 30,922
2016-17 to 2020-21	247	59.1%	$ 14,348	$ 25,514	$ 28,708	$ 31,679
2017-18 to 2021-22	244	56.9%	$ 15,216	$ 25,730	$ 28,879	$ 31,415

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	232	57.3%	$ 17,342	$ 27,000	$ 33,997	$ 44,627
2014-15 to 2018-19	236	58.1%	$ 14,922	$ 26,773	$ 33,547	$ 43,639
2015-16 to 2019-20	234	57.2%	$ 17,565	$ 26,719	$ 33,447	$ 42,826
2016-17 to 2020-21	247	59.1%	$ 14,844	$ 26,718	$ 34,078	$ 42,556
2017-18 to 2021-22	244	56.9%	$ 17,566	$ 26,719	$ 34,832	$ 42,746

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.