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Program Details
University of Mary Washington
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	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	253	266	89
2020-21	271	285	101
2021-22	270	258	92
2022-23	254	256	84
2023-24	274	273	86

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.09	118

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.09	74

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
2019-20	86	3	89
2020-21	93	8	101
2021-22	79	13	92
2022-23	77	7	84
2023-24	83	3	86
Five Year Summary	418	34	452

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	31	1	20	452	58	286	13	452

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)	387	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	399	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	417	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	844	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	234	57.2%	$ 14,842	$ 25,391	$ 28,306	$ 30,922
2016-17 to 2020-21	247	59.1%	$ 14,348	$ 25,514	$ 28,708	$ 31,679
2017-18 to 2021-22	244	56.9%	$ 15,216	$ 25,730	$ 28,879	$ 31,415
2018-19 to 2022-23	238	54.8%	$ 17,522	$ 25,729	$ 28,904	$ 31,722

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	234	57.2%	$ 17,565	$ 26,719	$ 33,447	$ 42,826
2016-17 to 2020-21	247	59.1%	$ 14,844	$ 26,718	$ 34,078	$ 42,556
2017-18 to 2021-22	244	56.9%	$ 17,566	$ 26,719	$ 34,832	$ 42,746
2018-19 to 2022-23	239	55.1%	$ 17,567	$ 26,718	$ 34,215	$ 42,556

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.