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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, Gener... (03.0201)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Natural Resources

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

Degree Title: MNR

2010 CIP Code: 030201

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 10/2003

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 10/2003

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	98	76	55
2019-20	101	87	65
2020-21	141	116	72
2021-22	177	135	94
2022-23	166	119	95

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,885

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	14	41	55
2019-20	17	48	65
2020-21	17	55	72
2021-22	25	69	94
2022-23	27	68	95
Five Year Summary	100	281	381

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	16	1	19	381	27	270	32	381

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)	67	22%	$74,100	$96,562	$233,137
2013-14 (8 years)	163	27%	$70,154	$93,513	$145,074
2016-17 (5 years)	282	30%	$59,643	$76,913	$102,585
2018-19 (3 years)	285	24%	$53,105	$70,573	$102,947
2020-21 (18 months)	300	22%	$43,466	$62,431	$87,863

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	139	47.1%	$ 20,500	$ 32,670	$ 32,163	$ 41,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	136	47.7%	$ 20,500	$ 33,612	$ 31,967	$ 41,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	150	50.7%	$ 23,135	$ 34,514	$ 32,945	$ 41,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	151	50.3%	$ 20,500	$ 32,667	$ 31,747	$ 41,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	158	46.3%	$ 20,500	$ 29,348	$ 28,118	$ 39,113

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	141	47.8%	$ 20,500	$ 40,865	$ 40,206	$ 51,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	138	48.4%	$ 23,200	$ 36,736	$ 39,142	$ 50,406
2015-16 to 2019-20	153	51.7%	$ 25,328	$ 41,000	$ 42,051	$ 51,250
2016-17 to 2020-21	152	50.7%	$ 23,960	$ 36,910	$ 39,370	$ 49,935
2017-18 to 2021-22	159	46.6%	$ 20,500	$ 30,642	$ 34,062	$ 41,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.