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Program Details
Virginia Peninsula 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	820	576	92
2019-20	723	507	96
2020-21	588	438	98
2021-22	517	388	103
2022-23	485	351	97

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.07	65	$ 1,826

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	89	3	92
2019-20	94	2	96
2020-21	97	1	98
2021-22	101	2	103
2022-23	94	3	97
Five Year Summary	475	11	486

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	0	80	0	34	486	48	263	10	486

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)	374	54%	$43,884	$60,591	$82,647
2013-14 (8 years)	501	54%	$37,676	$55,698	$76,477
2016-17 (5 years)	577	54%	$26,744	$44,674	$61,185
2018-19 (3 years)	537	55%	$15,693	$31,959	$48,134
2020-21 (18 months)	521	53%	$9,544	$17,523	$34,122

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	250	44.2%	$ 6,000	$ 10,140	$ 12,728	$ 17,286
2014-15 to 2018-19	219	40.8%	$ 5,500	$ 9,464	$ 12,726	$ 17,250
2015-16 to 2019-20	221	41.5%	$ 5,500	$ 10,097	$ 12,832	$ 16,952
2016-17 to 2020-21	208	39.9%	$ 5,947	$ 10,737	$ 12,923	$ 16,808
2017-18 to 2021-22	188	37.2%	$ 5,660	$ 10,737	$ 12,861	$ 17,101

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	250	44.2%	$ 6,250	$ 10,885	$ 13,442	$ 17,813
2014-15 to 2018-19	219	40.8%	$ 5,958	$ 10,884	$ 13,605	$ 19,155
2015-16 to 2019-20	221	41.5%	$ 5,792	$ 11,000	$ 13,659	$ 18,160
2016-17 to 2020-21	210	40.3%	$ 6,432	$ 11,190	$ 13,749	$ 17,390
2017-18 to 2021-22	190	37.6%	$ 6,432	$ 11,189	$ 13,984	$ 18,310

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.