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Program Details
University of Virginia
Mechanical Engineering (14.1901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mechanical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 141901

	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	237	282	72
2019-20	250	284	94
2020-21	225	262	64
2021-22	339	340	88
2022-23	236	280	71

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.13	125	$ 4,669

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.66	80

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	50	22	72
2019-20	57	37	94
2020-21	48	16	64
2021-22	68	20	88
2022-23	45	26	71
Five Year Summary	268	121	389

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	9	12	0	45	389	27	246	32	389

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)	361	26%	$95,545	$117,112	$147,193
2013-14 (8 years)	415	27%	$85,451	$104,195	$135,152
2016-17 (5 years)	484	26%	$71,890	$86,116	$107,957
2018-19 (3 years)	463	31%	$68,720	$84,129	$98,935
2020-21 (18 months)	416	35%	$59,130	$73,975	$88,274

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	195	40.3%	$ 11,000	$ 20,836	$ 23,515	$ 28,256
2014-15 to 2018-19	174	37.7%	$ 11,876	$ 22,298	$ 24,504	$ 27,800
2015-16 to 2019-20	167	37.4%	$ 11,876	$ 22,760	$ 25,558	$ 29,223
2016-17 to 2020-21	142	34.8%	$ 12,821	$ 20,561	$ 26,667	$ 30,773
2017-18 to 2021-22	142	35.6%	$ 11,874	$ 20,561	$ 27,824	$ 29,210

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	195	40.3%	$ 11,416	$ 22,139	$ 27,422	$ 30,294
2014-15 to 2018-19	174	37.7%	$ 11,876	$ 22,937	$ 27,553	$ 29,223
2015-16 to 2019-20	168	37.7%	$ 12,123	$ 23,961	$ 30,560	$ 35,042
2016-17 to 2020-21	143	35.0%	$ 13,000	$ 23,885	$ 33,352	$ 37,678
2017-18 to 2021-22	143	35.8%	$ 12,311	$ 23,820	$ 35,008	$ 39,220

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.