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Program Details
William & Mary
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: BS

2010 CIP Code: 260101

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	301	332	124
2019-20	328	356	137
2020-21	329	366	133
2021-22	364	379	161
2022-23	344	382	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.96	117	$ 2,391

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.73	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	92	32	124
2019-20	96	41	137
2020-21	94	39	133
2021-22	110	51	161
2022-23	100	39	139
Five Year Summary	492	202	694

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	18	41	2	79	694	72	414	31	694

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)	478	24%	$56,055	$78,467	$118,038
2013-14 (8 years)	511	23%	$46,182	$67,675	$92,201
2016-17 (5 years)	619	18%	$35,111	$49,476	$67,895
2018-19 (3 years)	656	19%	$22,853	$39,170	$54,396
2020-21 (18 months)	656	26%	$15,310	$23,354	$38,902

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	229	36.8%	$ 12,973	$ 22,000	$ 23,474	$ 27,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	233	36.9%	$ 13,000	$ 22,021	$ 24,507	$ 28,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	229	36.5%	$ 13,000	$ 22,000	$ 26,138	$ 28,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	225	35.8%	$ 13,000	$ 21,500	$ 26,902	$ 29,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	231	34.8%	$ 12,755	$ 20,500	$ 27,044	$ 28,000

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	230	36.9%	$ 13,000	$ 25,993	$ 35,594	$ 44,785
2014-15 to 2018-19	234	37.1%	$ 13,500	$ 26,327	$ 36,731	$ 46,448
2015-16 to 2019-20	230	36.6%	$ 13,500	$ 25,493	$ 36,627	$ 47,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	226	36.0%	$ 13,475	$ 25,500	$ 37,801	$ 47,762
2017-18 to 2021-22	232	34.9%	$ 13,238	$ 25,000	$ 37,563	$ 48,017

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.