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Program Details
Ferrum College
Forensic Science and Technology. (43.0406)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Criminal Justice: Forensic Investigation

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 430106

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 12/2009

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	41	43	2
2021-22	35	34	7
2022-23	24	22	7
2023-24	13	14	5
2024-25	16	18	4

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation

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

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
2020-21	2	0	2
2021-22	6	1	7
2022-23	6	1	7
2023-24	4	1	5
2024-25	4	0	4
Five Year Summary	22	3	25

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	10	0	0	25	1	9	2	25

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2012-13 (10 years)		NaN
2014-15 (8 years)		NaN
2017-18 (5 years)	15	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	54	0%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	23	85.2%	$ 26,484	$ 27,325	$ 32,582	$ 35,967
2016-17 to 2020-21	18	78.3%	$ 26,844	$ 27,461	$ 33,436	$ 35,967
2017-18 to 2021-22	20	83.3%	$ 26,613	$ 27,461	$ 34,566	$ 35,129
2018-19 to 2022-23	23	82.1%	$ 26,742	$ 31,422	$ 38,421	$ 44,868
2019-20 to 2023-24	22	84.6%	$ 26,372	$ 27,417	$ 38,261	$ 38,411

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	24	88.9%	$ 46,136	$ 56,784	$ 62,327	$ 71,955
2016-17 to 2020-21	19	82.6%	$ 53,265	$ 65,203	$ 70,405	$ 80,916
2017-18 to 2021-22	21	87.5%	$ 54,106	$ 65,771	$ 69,211	$ 78,874
2018-19 to 2022-23	24	85.7%	$ 46,093	$ 57,293	$ 64,431	$ 74,145
2019-20 to 2023-24	22	84.6%	$ 38,411	$ 56,373	$ 65,327	$ 80,916

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.