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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General (19.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 190501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 12/1996

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	904	955	269
2019-20	939	1,001	213
2020-21	1,005	1,075	275
2021-22	917	958	252
2022-23	878	893	261

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.99	124	$ 2,031

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.77	85

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	236	33	269
2019-20	179	34	213
2020-21	236	39	275
2021-22	210	42	252
2022-23	223	38	261
Five Year Summary	1,084	186	1,270

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	30	2	110	1,270	73	947	29	1,270

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)	1,039	39%	$55,302	$77,373	$106,262
2013-14 (8 years)	1,093	43%	$55,170	$73,993	$100,356
2016-17 (5 years)	1,243	42%	$45,640	$64,033	$83,563
2018-19 (3 years)	1,324	36%	$29,169	$46,847	$64,494
2020-21 (18 months)	1,311	39%	$11,342	$22,490	$33,977

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	651	50.1%	$ 16,500	$ 27,000	$ 28,402	$ 31,200
2014-15 to 2018-19	667	50.5%	$ 18,052	$ 27,000	$ 29,011	$ 31,400
2015-16 to 2019-20	658	51.2%	$ 18,999	$ 27,000	$ 29,884	$ 31,400
2016-17 to 2020-21	668	51.0%	$ 17,122	$ 26,283	$ 29,593	$ 31,400
2017-18 to 2021-22	661	51.4%	$ 17,750	$ 26,922	$ 30,519	$ 32,185

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	654	50.3%	$ 18,500	$ 28,000	$ 37,537	$ 48,081
2014-15 to 2018-19	669	50.6%	$ 19,500	$ 28,000	$ 39,206	$ 50,970
2015-16 to 2019-20	659	51.2%	$ 19,500	$ 28,000	$ 40,006	$ 53,640
2016-17 to 2020-21	668	51.0%	$ 19,443	$ 28,000	$ 39,478	$ 51,568
2017-18 to 2021-22	662	51.5%	$ 19,471	$ 27,400	$ 40,450	$ 53,847

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.