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Program Details
Appalachian College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy (51.2001)
First Professional Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Doctor of Pharmacy

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

Degree Title: PHARMD

2010 CIP Code: 512001

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 06/2005

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 09/2013

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	221	358	64
2019-20	218	342	70
2020-21	191	309	59
2021-22	175	279	63
2022-23	132	211	54

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 7,172

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	28	36	64
2019-20	28	42	70
2020-21	21	38	59
2021-22	31	32	63
2022-23	16	38	54
Five Year Summary	124	186	310

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	7	59	0	31	310	1	209	3	310

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)	69	35%	$91,986	$126,195	$142,636
2016-17 (5 years)	269	27%	$108,655	$127,528	$148,026
2018-19 (3 years)	328	28%	$93,931	$123,555	$150,605
2020-21 (18 months)	317	29%	$74,114	$105,679	$130,238

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	298	89.5%	$ 80,718	$ 113,568	$ 102,401	$ 132,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	301	91.8%	$ 99,000	$ 132,000	$ 117,551	$ 132,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	296	91.6%	$ 126,657	$ 132,000	$ 126,796	$ 132,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	293	92.4%	$ 126,184	$ 132,000	$ 126,311	$ 132,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	298	93.1%	$ 126,307	$ 132,000	$ 126,931	$ 132,000

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	298	89.5%	$ 81,519	$ 117,712	$ 116,586	$ 160,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	301	91.8%	$ 109,700	$ 148,416	$ 136,302	$ 165,335
2015-16 to 2019-20	296	91.6%	$ 132,985	$ 160,000	$ 150,415	$ 167,300
2016-17 to 2020-21	293	92.4%	$ 138,400	$ 161,700	$ 151,766	$ 169,600
2017-18 to 2021-22	298	93.1%	$ 138,500	$ 165,335	$ 154,689	$ 174,400

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.