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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Sociology, General. (45.1101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Sociology

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 451101

	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	450	480	118
2019-20	525	570	187
2020-21	556	583	209
2021-22	489	508	209
2022-23	521	547	211

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.02	130	$ 2,606

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.63	87

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	88	30	118
2019-20	163	24	187
2020-21	167	42	209
2021-22	173	36	209
2022-23	168	43	211
Five Year Summary	759	175	934

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	5	81	4	53	934	100	605	24	934

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)	412	40%	$50,883	$68,726	$90,888
2013-14 (8 years)	439	38%	$49,865	$63,709	$90,122
2016-17 (5 years)	386	38%	$42,394	$60,575	$77,418
2018-19 (3 years)	414	36%	$36,273	$51,792	$63,759
2020-21 (18 months)	693	43%	$24,603	$37,672	$48,129

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	193	53.5%	$ 15,000	$ 26,000	$ 29,334	$ 33,800
2014-15 to 2018-19	193	51.1%	$ 16,750	$ 26,500	$ 31,132	$ 34,800
2015-16 to 2019-20	262	54.4%	$ 17,175	$ 26,099	$ 30,839	$ 34,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	348	56.6%	$ 17,990	$ 26,430	$ 32,288	$ 34,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	438	58.2%	$ 17,500	$ 26,126	$ 31,729	$ 32,750

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	194	53.7%	$ 16,423	$ 27,288	$ 36,607	$ 47,120
2014-15 to 2018-19	194	51.3%	$ 19,230	$ 28,241	$ 38,940	$ 50,160
2015-16 to 2019-20	268	55.6%	$ 19,115	$ 28,241	$ 39,056	$ 51,920
2016-17 to 2020-21	355	57.7%	$ 20,000	$ 29,400	$ 43,102	$ 59,100
2017-18 to 2021-22	445	59.2%	$ 19,422	$ 28,000	$ 44,815	$ 61,297

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.