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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Environmental Science (03.0104)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Environmental Science

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 030104

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1992

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	193	187	37
2019-20	191	203	33
2020-21	207	211	44
2021-22	213	212	37
2022-23	220	222	37

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.15	130	$ 3,766

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.02	96

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	29	8	37
2019-20	25	8	33
2020-21	33	11	44
2021-22	26	11	37
2022-23	27	10	37
Five Year Summary	140	48	188

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	11	6	0	12	188	8	137	5	188

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)	128	36%	$53,496	$74,063	$99,187
2013-14 (8 years)	144	39%	$52,000	$68,244	$87,580
2016-17 (5 years)	152	42%	$53,576	$64,796	$72,739
2018-19 (3 years)	167	46%	$46,575	$55,220	$64,618
2020-21 (18 months)	182	46%	$35,804	$46,491	$54,615

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	90	54.9%	$ 17,751	$ 27,000	$ 27,220	$ 33,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	92	55.1%	$ 17,626	$ 27,000	$ 28,439	$ 34,250
2015-16 to 2019-20	92	55.1%	$ 19,125	$ 27,000	$ 30,306	$ 36,525
2016-17 to 2020-21	95	52.2%	$ 17,751	$ 27,000	$ 29,416	$ 35,800
2017-18 to 2021-22	93	50.5%	$ 19,500	$ 27,000	$ 28,397	$ 30,937

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	91	55.5%	$ 18,224	$ 28,000	$ 33,321	$ 38,100
2014-15 to 2018-19	93	55.7%	$ 18,224	$ 28,000	$ 37,821	$ 45,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	93	55.7%	$ 19,500	$ 29,000	$ 40,479	$ 49,173
2016-17 to 2020-21	96	52.7%	$ 18,162	$ 28,294	$ 39,402	$ 45,634
2017-18 to 2021-22	94	51.1%	$ 20,422	$ 28,798	$ 40,966	$ 45,567

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.