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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering (14.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biomedical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 140501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1997

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	316	307	45
2019-20	293	290	55
2020-21	258	267	53
2021-22	258	259	54
2022-23	269	273	40

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.17	129	$ 3,479

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.48	102

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	37	8	45
2019-20	47	8	55
2020-21	49	4	53
2021-22	49	5	54
2022-23	35	5	40
Five Year Summary	217	30	247

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	20	19	0	88	247	19	78	12	247

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)	199	23%	$62,735	$110,629	$155,879
2013-14 (8 years)	223	27%	$55,495	$72,859	$104,485
2016-17 (5 years)	290	31%	$46,598	$68,617	$101,041
2018-19 (3 years)	277	31%	$22,230	$57,269	$79,658
2020-21 (18 months)	261	32%	$17,165	$37,882	$56,774

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	133	47.3%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 25,703	$ 29,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	123	44.4%	$ 18,400	$ 27,000	$ 26,023	$ 29,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	121	45.3%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 26,962	$ 29,103
2016-17 to 2020-21	123	47.1%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 27,831	$ 30,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	121	48.4%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 28,664	$ 31,000

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	134	47.7%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 30,314	$ 36,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	124	44.8%	$ 18,450	$ 27,000	$ 31,287	$ 37,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	122	45.7%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 31,722	$ 39,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	123	47.1%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 33,756	$ 43,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	121	48.4%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 34,847	$ 43,137

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.