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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Chemical Engineering (14.0701)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Chemical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 140701

	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	316	353	102
2019-20	291	331	110
2020-21	297	322	95
2021-22	268	277	71
2022-23	251	270	88

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.70	137	$ 4,845

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.57	101

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	64	38	102
2019-20	74	36	110
2020-21	69	26	95
2021-22	36	35	71
2022-23	50	38	88
Five Year Summary	293	173	466

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	40	14	1	57	466	24	297	13	466

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)	342	24%	$88,845	$112,978	$140,951
2013-14 (8 years)	440	27%	$86,723	$112,524	$135,286
2016-17 (5 years)	498	28%	$76,947	$96,528	$112,446
2018-19 (3 years)	493	27%	$70,969	$89,930	$103,688
2020-21 (18 months)	499	29%	$58,650	$75,431	$85,894

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	254	52.2%	$ 15,000	$ 28,570	$ 32,162	$ 32,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	232	47.1%	$ 15,875	$ 28,755	$ 33,300	$ 33,200
2015-16 to 2019-20	233	47.0%	$ 15,500	$ 28,000	$ 31,641	$ 32,200
2016-17 to 2020-21	229	45.9%	$ 16,250	$ 28,000	$ 32,381	$ 35,765
2017-18 to 2021-22	215	45.7%	$ 15,000	$ 26,744	$ 31,692	$ 32,500

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	254	52.2%	$ 15,500	$ 29,000	$ 38,965	$ 48,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	232	47.1%	$ 17,327	$ 29,000	$ 41,095	$ 52,677
2015-16 to 2019-20	233	47.0%	$ 17,000	$ 29,000	$ 39,762	$ 52,347
2016-17 to 2020-21	229	45.9%	$ 17,000	$ 29,000	$ 40,333	$ 59,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	217	46.2%	$ 16,500	$ 28,700	$ 39,266	$ 52,206

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.