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Program Details
Christopher Newport University
Chemistry, General (40.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Chemistry

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 400501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2006

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 10/2005

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	128	128	24
2020-21	119	114	27
2021-22	102	98	24
2022-23	99	98	27
2023-24	84	80	21

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.06	123	$ 2,600

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.03	83

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	33	6	39
2019-20	21	3	24
2020-21	26	1	27
2021-22	23	1	24
2022-23	25	2	27
Five Year Summary	128	13	141

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	8	0	12	141	9	99	2	141

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)	63	49%	$62,899	$77,631	$130,815
2013-14 (8 years)	83	48%	$50,216	$69,492	$123,417
2016-17 (5 years)	105	43%	$41,534	$61,817	$87,774
2018-19 (3 years)	139	50%	$30,935	$51,149	$60,206
2020-21 (18 months)	141	50%	$16,304	$35,155	$44,595

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	68	60.7%	$ 21,791	$ 26,724	$ 29,618	$ 30,367
2014-15 to 2018-19	79	59.4%	$ 21,272	$ 26,724	$ 30,513	$ 31,167
2015-16 to 2019-20	79	56.4%	$ 20,288	$ 26,720	$ 30,833	$ 31,670
2016-17 to 2020-21	76	55.5%	$ 19,173	$ 26,719	$ 30,716	$ 34,474
2017-18 to 2021-22	77	55.8%	$ 18,802	$ 26,720	$ 34,454	$ 39,886

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	68	60.7%	$ 22,655	$ 27,593	$ 36,948	$ 48,801
2014-15 to 2018-19	79	59.4%	$ 22,264	$ 27,714	$ 37,009	$ 47,998
2015-16 to 2019-20	79	56.4%	$ 20,288	$ 27,714	$ 38,603	$ 51,617
2016-17 to 2020-21	76	55.5%	$ 19,173	$ 27,195	$ 39,718	$ 54,969
2017-18 to 2021-22	77	55.8%	$ 18,802	$ 27,585	$ 41,979	$ 58,320

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.