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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist (51.1005)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Medical Laboratory Sciences

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 511005

	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	186	163	46
2019-20	177	162	49
2020-21	182	159	47
2021-22	161	149	45
2022-23	165	150	44

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.24	123	$ 4,524

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.88	61

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	40	6	46
2019-20	42	7	49
2020-21	43	4	47
2021-22	43	2	45
2022-23	41	3	44
Five Year Summary	209	22	231

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	4	35	0	27	231	14	78	68	231

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)	156	55%	$64,221	$76,194	$93,019
2013-14 (8 years)	151	61%	$63,147	$75,528	$97,825
2016-17 (5 years)	167	54%	$58,277	$70,713	$79,351
2018-19 (3 years)	196	63%	$56,922	$65,936	$75,127
2020-21 (18 months)	218	69%	$51,110	$62,913	$69,021

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	139	78.5%	$ 18,962	$ 28,000	$ 29,780	$ 37,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	151	77.0%	$ 18,500	$ 27,000	$ 29,163	$ 36,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	149	73.0%	$ 19,500	$ 27,000	$ 30,159	$ 37,258
2016-17 to 2020-21	147	67.4%	$ 19,500	$ 27,000	$ 30,138	$ 38,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	155	67.4%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 29,638	$ 37,500

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	139	78.5%	$ 20,896	$ 28,500	$ 33,562	$ 40,469
2014-15 to 2018-19	151	77.0%	$ 20,000	$ 27,687	$ 33,500	$ 42,448
2015-16 to 2019-20	149	73.0%	$ 20,199	$ 28,000	$ 34,714	$ 43,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	147	67.4%	$ 20,896	$ 28,273	$ 35,582	$ 44,944
2017-18 to 2021-22	155	67.4%	$ 18,500	$ 27,444	$ 34,347	$ 43,750

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.