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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management (03.0601)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Fish and Wildlife Conservation

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 12/2014

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	241	247	71
2019-20	234	253	57
2020-21	268	277	53
2021-22	261	263	72
2022-23	297	293	70

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.22	130	$ 2,786

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.94	86

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	60	11	71
2019-20	51	6	57
2020-21	44	9	53
2021-22	63	9	72
2022-23	61	9	70
Five Year Summary	279	44	323

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	5	0	9	323	23	266	8	323

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)	142	39%	$30,265	$47,348	$61,834
2018-19 (3 years)	259	34%	$23,709	$35,898	$50,859
2020-21 (18 months)	275	38%	$5,848	$9,127	$10,902

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	110	58.5%	$ 15,500	$ 27,000	$ 28,100	$ 31,800
2014-15 to 2018-19	154	59.5%	$ 16,000	$ 27,000	$ 30,431	$ 34,325
2015-16 to 2019-20	176	63.3%	$ 15,893	$ 27,000	$ 30,498	$ 34,378
2016-17 to 2020-21	164	59.6%	$ 14,667	$ 24,125	$ 28,832	$ 33,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	182	60.9%	$ 14,833	$ 24,150	$ 27,938	$ 32,922

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	110	58.5%	$ 16,364	$ 29,000	$ 34,954	$ 42,390
2014-15 to 2018-19	154	59.5%	$ 16,500	$ 29,000	$ 37,865	$ 46,535
2015-16 to 2019-20	176	63.3%	$ 16,450	$ 28,000	$ 36,781	$ 45,820
2016-17 to 2020-21	164	59.6%	$ 14,978	$ 25,755	$ 35,600	$ 42,720
2017-18 to 2021-22	182	60.9%	$ 15,000	$ 26,911	$ 36,244	$ 47,069

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.