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Program Details
University of Virginia's College at Wise
Biological and Physical Sciences (30.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Natural Sciences

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 300101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1988

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	125	120	26
2019-20	141	140	25
2020-21	122	118	28
2021-22	117	117	18
2022-23	105	110	17

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.35	127	$ 1,904

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
4.66	95

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	25	1	26
2019-20	25	0	25
2020-21	26	2	28
2021-22	14	4	18
2022-23	16	1	17
Five Year Summary	106	8	114

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	1	1	1	0	114	2	97	12	114

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)	153	39%	$47,079	$62,013	$119,275
2013-14 (8 years)	154	45%	$44,590	$62,021	$99,156
2016-17 (5 years)	173	41%	$35,938	$51,853	$70,832
2018-19 (3 years)	164	35%	$24,980	$40,642	$56,194
2020-21 (18 months)	147	37%	$13,421	$23,758	$39,691

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	86	50.9%	$ 14,253	$ 22,624	$ 22,508	$ 28,303
2014-15 to 2018-19	86	53.1%	$ 12,718	$ 22,510	$ 22,054	$ 28,240
2015-16 to 2019-20	82	52.9%	$ 9,896	$ 20,212	$ 20,205	$ 26,720
2016-17 to 2020-21	78	53.8%	$ 8,245	$ 16,338	$ 19,853	$ 26,407
2017-18 to 2021-22	72	58.5%	$ 6,804	$ 14,017	$ 17,808	$ 26,145

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	86	50.9%	$ 14,253	$ 22,808	$ 23,822	$ 29,580
2014-15 to 2018-19	86	53.1%	$ 12,718	$ 22,624	$ 23,341	$ 28,551
2015-16 to 2019-20	82	52.9%	$ 10,883	$ 21,102	$ 21,357	$ 27,339
2016-17 to 2020-21	78	53.8%	$ 8,245	$ 19,079	$ 20,983	$ 26,530
2017-18 to 2021-22	72	58.5%	$ 7,298	$ 14,896	$ 19,369	$ 26,400

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.