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Program Details
Virginia Wesleyan University
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

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	100	107	15
2019-20	105	115	23
2020-21	112	112	25
2021-22	108	111	20
2022-23	102	105	28

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.61	112	$ 1,854

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
7.19	75

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	10	5	15
2019-20	12	11	23
2020-21	20	5	25
2021-22	14	6	20
2022-23	20	8	28
Five Year Summary	76	35	111

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	1	16	1	5	111	6	68	5	111

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)	56	38%	$51,542	$60,025	$69,574
2013-14 (8 years)	70	34%	$42,624	$56,721	$79,514
2016-17 (5 years)	112	35%	$28,074	$39,982	$56,585
2018-19 (3 years)	117	41%	$22,783	$30,097	$39,055
2020-21 (18 months)	108	53%	$17,432	$23,693	$36,179

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	90	83.3%	$ 27,000	$ 29,625	$ 34,709	$ 41,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	87	80.6%	$ 26,000	$ 29,000	$ 33,926	$ 39,356
2015-16 to 2019-20	90	81.8%	$ 23,250	$ 29,750	$ 35,124	$ 40,573
2016-17 to 2020-21	86	80.4%	$ 23,472	$ 29,250	$ 35,026	$ 40,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	80	76.2%	$ 26,000	$ 29,551	$ 36,182	$ 45,500

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	90	83.3%	$ 29,000	$ 43,716	$ 50,171	$ 66,548
2014-15 to 2018-19	87	80.6%	$ 29,000	$ 42,498	$ 51,345	$ 74,085
2015-16 to 2019-20	90	81.8%	$ 27,000	$ 42,249	$ 52,178	$ 76,480
2016-17 to 2020-21	86	80.4%	$ 27,000	$ 46,213	$ 53,405	$ 76,480
2017-18 to 2021-22	80	76.2%	$ 27,000	$ 54,464	$ 55,077	$ 80,261

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.