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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Environmental Studies (03.0103)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Environmental Studies

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 030103

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2004

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 12/2003

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	227	212	56
2019-20	273	252	68
2020-21	238	224	60
2021-22	241	222	57
2022-23	247	230	61

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.18	118	$ 2,689

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.71	68

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	55	1	56
2019-20	66	2	68
2020-21	59	1	60
2021-22	55	2	57
2022-23	59	2	61
Five Year Summary	294	8	302

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	22	0	10	302	32	218	2	302

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)	154	51%	$49,501	$62,941	$79,814
2013-14 (8 years)	246	55%	$43,176	$61,323	$77,019
2016-17 (5 years)	305	60%	$35,534	$50,369	$64,126
2018-19 (3 years)	300	63%	$33,784	$47,177	$58,688
2020-21 (18 months)	307	67%	$24,320	$37,142	$48,194

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	190	63.1%	$ 17,000	$ 27,000	$ 29,315	$ 40,972
2014-15 to 2018-19	193	64.5%	$ 18,500	$ 27,000	$ 28,501	$ 36,250
2015-16 to 2019-20	194	63.6%	$ 20,000	$ 27,000	$ 29,688	$ 35,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	193	62.9%	$ 18,750	$ 26,970	$ 28,227	$ 34,490
2017-18 to 2021-22	193	61.9%	$ 17,500	$ 25,000	$ 27,574	$ 32,500

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	190	63.1%	$ 19,500	$ 28,125	$ 33,686	$ 45,780
2014-15 to 2018-19	193	64.5%	$ 19,500	$ 28,865	$ 33,866	$ 43,716
2015-16 to 2019-20	194	63.6%	$ 20,500	$ 27,625	$ 35,344	$ 43,716
2016-17 to 2020-21	193	62.9%	$ 18,751	$ 27,000	$ 33,636	$ 41,250
2017-18 to 2021-22	194	62.2%	$ 18,500	$ 27,000	$ 33,503	$ 40,971

More Details on Enrollment History.

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