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Program Details
Bluefield University
Biomedical Sciences, General (26.0102)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biomedical Sciences

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

Degree Title: MA

2010 CIP Code:

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	125	151	108
2019-20	122	147	107
2020-21	102	103	106
2021-22	114	229	83
2022-23	133	293	103

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 2,635

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	46	62	108
2019-20	45	62	107
2020-21	32	74	106
2021-22	26	57	83
2022-23	35	68	103
Five Year Summary	184	323	507

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	0	45	1	111	507	31	164	146	507

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)
2011-12 (10 years)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)		NaN
2018-19 (3 years)	108	2%
2020-21 (18 months)	321	7%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15 to 2018-19	89	82.4%	$ 20,282	$ 20,282	$ 19,696	$ 20,282
2015-16 to 2019-20	173	80.5%	$ 20,282	$ 20,282	$ 19,980	$ 20,284
2016-17 to 2020-21	253	78.8%	$ 20,282	$ 20,284	$ 20,400	$ 20,284
2017-18 to 2021-22	311	77.0%	$ 20,282	$ 20,284	$ 20,303	$ 20,284

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
2014-15 to 2018-19	89	82.4%	$ 27,464	$ 45,214	$ 36,247	$ 45,214
2015-16 to 2019-20	173	80.5%	$ 27,466	$ 41,160	$ 36,654	$ 45,214
2016-17 to 2020-21	253	78.8%	$ 27,464	$ 39,438	$ 36,821	$ 46,482
2017-18 to 2021-22	311	77.0%	$ 27,464	$ 39,918	$ 37,007	$ 47,098

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.