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Program Details
Shenandoah 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: BA/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	175	172	45
2019-20	143	148	28
2020-21	151	155	32
2021-22	144	144	37
2022-23	119	122	23

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.64	117	$ 2,377

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.77	57

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	21	45
2019-20	17	11	28
2020-21	23	9	32
2021-22	16	21	37
2022-23	14	9	23
Five Year Summary	94	71	165

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	3	10	5	6	165	13	107	21	165

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)	118	37%	$65,198	$81,413	$99,340
2013-14 (8 years)	132	48%	$66,905	$82,462	$115,582
2016-17 (5 years)	139	50%	$44,001	$67,016	$90,137
2018-19 (3 years)	159	38%	$24,755	$45,211	$61,336
2020-21 (18 months)	166	46%	$12,409	$30,184	$45,507

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	104	77.6%	$ 19,316	$ 26,791	$ 31,222	$ 36,249
2014-15 to 2018-19	117	79.1%	$ 19,298	$ 26,720	$ 30,567	$ 35,798
2015-16 to 2019-20	115	74.7%	$ 19,296	$ 26,718	$ 30,039	$ 34,073
2016-17 to 2020-21	117	77.0%	$ 19,298	$ 26,718	$ 31,252	$ 35,798
2017-18 to 2021-22	123	76.4%	$ 19,298	$ 26,718	$ 33,028	$ 40,068

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	105	78.4%	$ 24,736	$ 36,574	$ 45,349	$ 62,796
2014-15 to 2018-19	118	79.7%	$ 24,736	$ 37,169	$ 46,064	$ 65,558
2015-16 to 2019-20	116	75.3%	$ 24,489	$ 35,365	$ 44,470	$ 65,379
2016-17 to 2020-21	118	77.6%	$ 22,760	$ 35,365	$ 44,827	$ 65,750
2017-18 to 2021-22	124	77.0%	$ 22,885	$ 40,494	$ 48,189	$ 70,628

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.