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Program Details
Northern Virginia Community College
Biological and Physical Sciences (30.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biological and Physical Sciences

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

Degree Title: AS

2010 CIP Code: 300101

	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	3,662	2,787	343
2019-20	3,316	2,511	321
2020-21	2,743	2,068	364
2021-22	2,083	1,544	318
2022-23	1,619	1,121	242

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.23	71	$ 2,065

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	339	4	343
2019-20	317	4	321
2020-21	359	5	364
2021-22	313	5	318
2022-23	239	3	242
Five Year Summary	1,567	21	1,588

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	90	225	3	352	1,588	310	488	47	1,588

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)	1,102	43%	$45,163	$72,738	$106,071
2013-14 (8 years)	1,506	42%	$42,467	$64,242	$93,538
2016-17 (5 years)	1,807	50%	$27,635	$44,061	$66,678
2018-19 (3 years)	1,788	51%	$17,082	$28,838	$45,342
2020-21 (18 months)	1,728	46%	$9,458	$16,537	$30,109

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	696	38.3%	$ 5,442	$ 9,896	$ 12,473	$ 17,704
2014-15 to 2018-19	663	37.1%	$ 5,442	$ 9,898	$ 12,486	$ 17,341
2015-16 to 2019-20	637	36.7%	$ 5,442	$ 10,250	$ 12,487	$ 17,320
2016-17 to 2020-21	626	36.2%	$ 5,442	$ 10,283	$ 12,618	$ 17,316
2017-18 to 2021-22	594	34.9%	$ 5,442	$ 10,197	$ 12,910	$ 16,954

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	696	38.3%	$ 5,444	$ 10,391	$ 13,461	$ 18,770
2014-15 to 2018-19	663	37.1%	$ 5,442	$ 10,392	$ 13,384	$ 18,384
2015-16 to 2019-20	638	36.7%	$ 5,442	$ 10,474	$ 13,498	$ 18,306
2016-17 to 2020-21	628	36.3%	$ 5,442	$ 10,884	$ 13,818	$ 18,183
2017-18 to 2021-22	597	35.1%	$ 5,442	$ 10,390	$ 13,990	$ 17,472

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.