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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Chemistry, General (40.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Chemistry

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 400501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/1998

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	547	514	134
2019-20	498	475	104
2020-21	482	462	112
2021-22	464	416	106
2022-23	400	369	94

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.11	126	$ 2,472

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.05	77

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	131	3	134
2019-20	99	5	104
2020-21	104	8	112
2021-22	101	5	106
2022-23	89	5	94
Five Year Summary	524	26	550

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	19	55	1	172	550	40	216	14	550

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)	351	44%	$59,512	$78,802	$114,598
2013-14 (8 years)	436	46%	$57,083	$76,874	$108,215
2016-17 (5 years)	602	46%	$38,864	$59,736	$78,667
2018-19 (3 years)	677	47%	$19,482	$43,888	$62,206
2020-21 (18 months)	630	56%	$18,873	$34,000	$47,698

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	425	68.2%	$ 18,750	$ 27,000	$ 29,609	$ 36,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	440	67.9%	$ 18,875	$ 27,000	$ 30,354	$ 36,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	414	68.2%	$ 16,600	$ 27,000	$ 29,641	$ 35,185
2016-17 to 2020-21	384	64.9%	$ 16,000	$ 25,862	$ 29,192	$ 34,025
2017-18 to 2021-22	355	63.3%	$ 15,500	$ 25,000	$ 29,630	$ 35,961

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	425	68.2%	$ 19,500	$ 28,000	$ 33,756	$ 41,750
2014-15 to 2018-19	441	68.1%	$ 19,500	$ 28,000	$ 35,246	$ 43,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	415	68.4%	$ 17,722	$ 27,000	$ 35,124	$ 42,475
2016-17 to 2020-21	385	65.0%	$ 17,333	$ 27,000	$ 35,532	$ 43,250
2017-18 to 2021-22	357	63.6%	$ 16,730	$ 27,000	$ 36,775	$ 47,976

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.