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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Information Science/Studies (11.0401)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Information Systems

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 110401

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1976

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	360	343	166
2019-20	331	324	186
2020-21	318	338	171
2021-22	342	325	169
2022-23	305	298	167

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.73	134	$ 4,496

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.17	83

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	157	9	166
2019-20	181	5	186
2020-21	163	8	171
2021-22	164	5	169
2022-23	166	1	167
Five Year Summary	831	28	859

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	34	188	0	256	859	81	243	13	859

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)	331	56%	$89,781	$115,186	$147,671
2013-14 (8 years)	455	60%	$73,195	$99,249	$137,201
2016-17 (5 years)	587	66%	$67,146	$88,047	$110,915
2018-19 (3 years)	701	68%	$58,386	$77,373	$96,648
2020-21 (18 months)	818	67%	$46,486	$61,842	$77,348

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	450	71.0%	$ 19,890	$ 28,750	$ 30,243	$ 36,800
2014-15 to 2018-19	483	69.0%	$ 19,000	$ 27,074	$ 30,120	$ 36,510
2015-16 to 2019-20	541	69.4%	$ 18,750	$ 27,000	$ 31,049	$ 37,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	581	71.0%	$ 18,750	$ 27,000	$ 31,139	$ 37,320
2017-18 to 2021-22	585	69.1%	$ 18,232	$ 27,000	$ 30,014	$ 35,850

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	450	71.0%	$ 20,500	$ 30,339	$ 34,451	$ 43,750
2014-15 to 2018-19	483	69.0%	$ 19,500	$ 30,000	$ 34,966	$ 45,896
2015-16 to 2019-20	541	69.4%	$ 19,500	$ 29,815	$ 36,040	$ 47,502
2016-17 to 2020-21	581	71.0%	$ 19,085	$ 29,600	$ 36,507	$ 49,731
2017-18 to 2021-22	586	69.2%	$ 18,750	$ 28,486	$ 34,816	$ 42,995

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.