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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Veterinary Medicine. (01.8001)
First Professional Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Veterinary Medicine

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

Degree Title: DVM

2010 CIP Code: 512401

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1980

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	502	839	123
2019-20	500	764	123
2020-21	499	695	128
2021-22	490	813	119
2022-23	492	765	121

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 7,513

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	85	38	123
2019-20	85	38	123
2020-21	90	38	128
2021-22	84	35	119
2022-23	82	39	121
Five Year Summary	426	188	614

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	3	19	43	29	614	36	370	29	614

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)	437	32%	$90,372	$114,912	$133,868
2013-14 (8 years)	452	31%	$87,049	$115,610	$143,915
2016-17 (5 years)	529	28%	$87,457	$108,670	$138,180
2018-19 (3 years)	585	28%	$87,653	$105,713	$136,067
2020-21 (18 months)	615	33%	$76,121	$100,170	$127,573

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15 to 2018-19	371	80.3%	$ 119,430	$ 157,915	$ 142,776	$ 173,750
2015-16 to 2019-20	375	78.1%	$ 119,430	$ 163,452	$ 144,201	$ 178,109
2016-17 to 2020-21	384	78.0%	$ 116,728	$ 166,115	$ 145,113	$ 178,173
2017-18 to 2021-22	395	80.3%	$ 113,594	$ 168,432	$ 145,623	$ 178,720

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
2014-15 to 2018-19	371	80.3%	$ 121,812	$ 164,258	$ 161,994	$ 190,056
2015-16 to 2019-20	375	78.1%	$ 124,000	$ 166,535	$ 166,156	$ 200,116
2016-17 to 2020-21	384	78.0%	$ 117,201	$ 168,812	$ 166,760	$ 192,219
2017-18 to 2021-22	395	80.3%	$ 113,766	$ 170,243	$ 167,558	$ 189,985

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.