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Program Details
Virginia State University
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians, Oth... (15.0899)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mechanical Engineering Technology

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 150899

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2005

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2005

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	141	149	30
2019-20	128	136	31
2020-21	108	107	29
2021-22	102	104	16
2022-23	123	119	20

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.27	137	$ 3,625

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.71	88

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	19	11	30
2019-20	17	14	31
2020-21	17	12	29
2021-22	9	7	16
2022-23	13	7	20
Five Year Summary	75	51	126

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	23	59	0	0	126	0	5	39	126

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)	28	57%	$52,668	$69,529	$115,865
2013-14 (8 years)	38	47%	$67,800	$78,087	$101,028
2016-17 (5 years)	67	49%	$57,020	$74,690	$85,775
2018-19 (3 years)	93	51%	$54,052	$66,493	$79,463
2020-21 (18 months)	118	46%	$30,768	$50,543	$73,554

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	55	75.3%	$ 20,360	$ 30,474	$ 30,008	$ 36,687
2014-15 to 2018-19	66	71.0%	$ 21,045	$ 29,819	$ 31,055	$ 36,638
2015-16 to 2019-20	77	66.4%	$ 21,045	$ 28,740	$ 30,322	$ 36,638
2016-17 to 2020-21	72	61.0%	$ 25,238	$ 28,952	$ 31,352	$ 37,404
2017-18 to 2021-22	74	61.7%	$ 24,744	$ 27,959	$ 30,297	$ 37,114

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	55	75.3%	$ 21,045	$ 32,168	$ 38,975	$ 51,247
2014-15 to 2018-19	66	71.0%	$ 25,125	$ 32,354	$ 40,405	$ 51,767
2015-16 to 2019-20	77	66.4%	$ 24,412	$ 39,607	$ 42,537	$ 53,629
2016-17 to 2020-21	72	61.0%	$ 28,952	$ 44,892	$ 49,704	$ 61,041
2017-18 to 2021-22	74	61.7%	$ 28,740	$ 44,871	$ 48,216	$ 59,964

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