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Program Details
James Madison University
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: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 260101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	932	926	197
2020-21	943	936	226
2021-22	883	849	182
2022-23	846	797	179
2023-24	871	827	181

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.13	124	$ 2,557

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.73	77

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	150	23	173
2019-20	158	39	197
2020-21	183	43	226
2021-22	155	27	182
2022-23	150	29	179
Five Year Summary	796	161	957

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	7	47	1	57	957	63	684	20	957

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)	723	37%	$55,142	$81,010	$119,376
2013-14 (8 years)	779	38%	$53,507	$70,651	$107,376
2016-17 (5 years)	885	39%	$44,198	$59,400	$80,815
2018-19 (3 years)	924	40%	$28,766	$45,241	$63,113
2020-21 (18 months)	980	52%	$18,694	$29,145	$42,421

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	478	54.3%	$ 13,605	$ 25,046	$ 25,809	$ 30,700
2014-15 to 2018-19	497	55.0%	$ 13,856	$ 25,269	$ 26,239	$ 30,720
2015-16 to 2019-20	494	53.9%	$ 13,901	$ 25,243	$ 26,984	$ 30,714
2016-17 to 2020-21	507	52.8%	$ 13,854	$ 24,614	$ 27,428	$ 30,679
2017-18 to 2021-22	504	52.7%	$ 13,878	$ 24,083	$ 27,521	$ 30,677

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	489	55.5%	$ 16,940	$ 27,876	$ 38,728	$ 53,248
2014-15 to 2018-19	508	56.2%	$ 17,539	$ 29,704	$ 40,348	$ 56,487
2015-16 to 2019-20	506	55.2%	$ 17,140	$ 29,320	$ 41,339	$ 59,179
2016-17 to 2020-21	522	54.4%	$ 16,326	$ 28,205	$ 41,176	$ 59,179
2017-18 to 2021-22	519	54.3%	$ 17,318	$ 29,677	$ 43,007	$ 64,074

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.