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Program Details
Blue Ridge Community College
Biological and Physical Sciences (30.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

General Science

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

Degree Title: AS

2010 CIP Code: 300101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2009

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2009

Date Program Placed on Probation: BCHE

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	274	210	40
2019-20	255	188	40
2020-21	210	144	28
2021-22	182	130	27
2022-23	248	185	24

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.46	69	$ 2,060

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	40	0	40
2019-20	40	0	40
2020-21	28	0	28
2021-22	27	0	27
2022-23	23	1	24
Five Year Summary	158	1	159

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	4	1	0	6	159	21	120	3	159

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)	63	62%	$43,246	$63,534	$104,554
2016-17 (5 years)	156	60%	$36,061	$60,248	$81,132
2018-19 (3 years)	178	61%	$22,553	$37,728	$58,059
2020-21 (18 months)	177	59%	$9,045	$16,818	$28,746

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	61	35.9%	$ 5,444	$ 8,911	$ 12,565	$ 17,320
2014-15 to 2018-19	63	35.4%	$ 4,950	$ 8,414	$ 11,872	$ 17,082
2015-16 to 2019-20	58	31.9%	$ 5,444	$ 8,529	$ 12,193	$ 17,082
2016-17 to 2020-21	51	28.8%	$ 4,452	$ 8,560	$ 11,732	$ 17,082
2017-18 to 2021-22	43	25.6%	$ 3,464	$ 7,922	$ 11,702	$ 18,528

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	61	35.9%	$ 5,500	$ 9,123	$ 14,793	$ 18,345
2014-15 to 2018-19	63	35.4%	$ 5,442	$ 8,560	$ 13,502	$ 17,094
2015-16 to 2019-20	59	32.4%	$ 5,444	$ 9,123	$ 13,150	$ 17,094
2016-17 to 2020-21	52	29.4%	$ 4,476	$ 10,386	$ 12,719	$ 17,207
2017-18 to 2021-22	44	26.2%	$ 4,971	$ 10,224	$ 12,898	$ 18,665

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.