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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Forestry, General (03.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 030501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	297	291	65
2019-20	306	306	79
2020-21	313	318	86
2021-22	306	306	71
2022-23	291	292	64

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.27	125	$ 3,398

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.02	83

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	50	15	65
2019-20	67	12	79
2020-21	77	9	86
2021-22	58	13	71
2022-23	54	10	64
Five Year Summary	306	59	365

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	4	6	4	9	365	6	310	11	365

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)	477	42%	$50,811	$64,010	$83,732
2013-14 (8 years)	595	41%	$47,860	$63,091	$84,070
2016-17 (5 years)	441	39%	$43,505	$55,064	$71,396
2018-19 (3 years)	273	42%	$41,791	$54,587	$64,363
2020-21 (18 months)	321	50%	$31,660	$43,166	$52,309

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	200	56.7%	$ 17,875	$ 26,264	$ 28,954	$ 31,009
2014-15 to 2018-19	163	59.7%	$ 16,750	$ 27,000	$ 29,012	$ 34,637
2015-16 to 2019-20	170	57.0%	$ 16,500	$ 26,000	$ 28,405	$ 36,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	185	57.6%	$ 15,800	$ 25,942	$ 30,446	$ 37,187
2017-18 to 2021-22	201	57.8%	$ 15,000	$ 25,439	$ 29,700	$ 34,637

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	201	56.9%	$ 18,500	$ 27,000	$ 34,165	$ 44,173
2014-15 to 2018-19	164	60.1%	$ 18,594	$ 27,867	$ 35,294	$ 45,388
2015-16 to 2019-20	171	57.4%	$ 18,110	$ 27,000	$ 35,731	$ 48,687
2016-17 to 2020-21	185	57.6%	$ 16,520	$ 27,000	$ 37,235	$ 51,200
2017-18 to 2021-22	201	57.8%	$ 15,918	$ 27,000	$ 37,024	$ 50,829

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.