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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Biochemistry (26.0202)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biochemistry

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 260202

	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	495	499	113
2019-20	475	479	125
2020-21	440	451	111
2021-22	446	431	106
2022-23	452	454	97

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.27	128	$ 2,139

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.89	84

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	90	23	113
2019-20	101	24	125
2020-21	87	24	111
2021-22	85	21	106
2022-23	80	17	97
Five Year Summary	443	109	552

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	19	30	0	71	552	45	337	13	552

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)	476	32%	$67,962	$104,683	$157,193
2013-14 (8 years)	595	30%	$59,211	$77,552	$123,234
2016-17 (5 years)	660	28%	$37,120	$60,659	$78,639
2018-19 (3 years)	666	29%	$17,394	$39,310	$57,596
2020-21 (18 months)	630	39%	$14,134	$26,881	$41,588

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	359	52.9%	$ 15,500	$ 27,000	$ 28,051	$ 31,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	331	50.4%	$ 15,750	$ 27,000	$ 29,342	$ 31,900
2015-16 to 2019-20	326	50.6%	$ 15,919	$ 27,000	$ 30,683	$ 32,900
2016-17 to 2020-21	308	49.5%	$ 15,933	$ 27,000	$ 32,116	$ 33,450
2017-18 to 2021-22	308	50.9%	$ 16,996	$ 27,000	$ 31,414	$ 33,000

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	359	52.9%	$ 15,750	$ 28,000	$ 34,849	$ 41,887
2014-15 to 2018-19	331	50.4%	$ 16,500	$ 28,000	$ 37,385	$ 46,220
2015-16 to 2019-20	326	50.6%	$ 16,000	$ 28,000	$ 38,995	$ 50,400
2016-17 to 2020-21	308	49.5%	$ 16,415	$ 28,000	$ 40,727	$ 52,148
2017-18 to 2021-22	308	50.9%	$ 18,697	$ 28,000	$ 41,330	$ 52,818

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.