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Program Details
University of Virginia
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: BA/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	652	764	327
2019-20	649	739	281
2020-21	697	736	346
2021-22	954	924	337
2022-23	646	705	299

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.98	119	$ 2,259

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.74	76

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	264	63	327
2019-20	235	46	281
2020-21	267	79	346
2021-22	265	72	337
2022-23	236	63	299
Five Year Summary	1,267	323	1,590

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	33	78	1	346	1,590	96	863	83	1,590

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)	1,320	27%	$64,358	$100,738	$157,148
2013-14 (8 years)	1,389	26%	$56,038	$77,997	$115,634
2016-17 (5 years)	1,450	23%	$34,596	$61,376	$81,103
2018-19 (3 years)	1,540	26%	$18,646	$35,774	$59,742
2020-21 (18 months)	1,601	37%	$15,673	$24,698	$35,453

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	532	41.2%	$ 10,235	$ 21,992	$ 22,552	$ 27,903
2014-15 to 2018-19	525	40.0%	$ 10,160	$ 21,276	$ 23,002	$ 27,710
2015-16 to 2019-20	517	39.6%	$ 9,894	$ 22,018	$ 23,100	$ 27,416
2016-17 to 2020-21	550	40.0%	$ 9,648	$ 20,641	$ 23,191	$ 26,800
2017-18 to 2021-22	522	37.3%	$ 9,894	$ 19,697	$ 23,697	$ 26,767

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	537	41.6%	$ 10,508	$ 23,203	$ 28,666	$ 33,754
2014-15 to 2018-19	529	40.4%	$ 10,228	$ 22,793	$ 29,246	$ 34,220
2015-16 to 2019-20	522	40.0%	$ 9,894	$ 23,006	$ 30,513	$ 34,928
2016-17 to 2020-21	555	40.4%	$ 9,894	$ 22,018	$ 30,962	$ 35,720
2017-18 to 2021-22	528	37.8%	$ 10,446	$ 21,934	$ 31,201	$ 35,722

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