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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Mechanical Engineering (14.1901)
Doctor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mechanical Engineering

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

Degree Title: PHD

2010 CIP Code: 141901

	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	156	190	26
2019-20	137	164	37
2020-21	122	148	31
2021-22	145	184	24
2022-23	160	206	26

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,894

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	2	24	26
2019-20	12	25	37
2020-21	7	24	31
2021-22	7	17	24
2022-23	5	21	26
Five Year Summary	33	111	144

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	91	5	0	5	144	2	38	1	144

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)
2011-12 (10 years)	100	9%
2013-14 (8 years)	116	8%
2016-17 (5 years)	132	10%
2018-19 (3 years)	148	8%
2020-21 (18 months)	161	8%

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	19	12.6%	$ 16,783	$ 20,499	$ 30,091	$ 41,497
2014-15 to 2018-19	17	11.5%	$ 18,314	$ 32,463	$ 32,368	$ 42,223
2015-16 to 2019-20	14	8.7%	$ 16,783	$ 20,386	$ 31,294	$ 43,596
2016-17 to 2020-21	10	6.2%	$ 15,440	$ 18,840	$ 31,149	$ 48,910
2017-18 to 2021-22	10	6.2%	$ 15,440	$ 18,840	$ 31,324	$ 48,910

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	19	12.6%	$ 17,256	$ 27,949	$ 34,037	$ 41,497
2014-15 to 2018-19	17	11.5%	$ 19,365	$ 32,463	$ 36,777	$ 42,223
2015-16 to 2019-20	14	8.7%	$ 18,314	$ 26,975	$ 34,451	$ 43,596
2016-17 to 2020-21	10	6.2%	$ 15,996	$ 22,683	$ 34,824	$ 48,910
2017-18 to 2021-22	10	6.2%	$ 15,996	$ 22,683	$ 35,432	$ 48,910

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.