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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Biology/Biological Sciences, General (26.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biology

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 260101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	2,121	1,955	348
2019-20	2,080	1,977	350
2020-21	2,018	1,938	412
2021-22	1,958	1,844	390
2022-23	1,758	1,672	342

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.18	127	$ 2,693

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.03	79

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	326	22	348
2019-20	333	17	350
2020-21	391	21	412
2021-22	371	19	390
2022-23	323	19	342
Five Year Summary	1,744	98	1,842

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	41	277	3	625	1,842	163	577	44	1,842

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)	1,097	44%	$54,873	$77,977	$110,279
2013-14 (8 years)	1,377	46%	$50,398	$71,603	$98,523
2016-17 (5 years)	1,724	46%	$36,301	$55,493	$73,364
2018-19 (3 years)	1,795	44%	$22,757	$40,994	$56,432
2020-21 (18 months)	1,798	53%	$17,858	$29,030	$41,842

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	1,160	66.7%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 29,138	$ 35,687
2014-15 to 2018-19	1,159	65.0%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 28,679	$ 34,907
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,111	63.0%	$ 17,250	$ 27,000	$ 28,777	$ 35,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,107	62.1%	$ 16,345	$ 26,000	$ 28,791	$ 34,839
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,118	61.4%	$ 15,103	$ 25,000	$ 27,940	$ 32,888

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	1,161	66.8%	$ 19,492	$ 28,907	$ 32,838	$ 41,043
2014-15 to 2018-19	1,160	65.1%	$ 18,750	$ 27,999	$ 32,732	$ 41,287
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,112	63.0%	$ 18,125	$ 27,000	$ 33,411	$ 42,392
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,109	62.2%	$ 17,750	$ 27,000	$ 34,046	$ 45,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,120	61.5%	$ 16,000	$ 27,000	$ 34,057	$ 45,463

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.