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Program Details
Norfolk State University
Engineering, Other (14.9999)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Optical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 149999

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) BCHE

Date Program Placed on Probation: BCHE

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	17	16	4
2021-22	16	15	1
2022-23	12	13	2
2023-24	14	13	6
2024-25	9	8	1

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	1	3	4
2021-22	1	0	1
2022-23	0	2	2
2023-24	1	5	6
2024-25	1	0	1
Five Year Summary	4	10	14

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	0	9	0	0	14	1	2	0	14

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)	35	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	27	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	22	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	48	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	19	79.2%	$ 20,422	$ 32,000	$ 33,274	$ 43,432
2016-17 to 2020-21	20	87.0%	$ 24,177	$ 31,466	$ 32,287	$ 41,660
2017-18 to 2021-22	17	94.4%	$ 20,422	$ 30,932	$ 31,177	$ 39,888
2018-19 to 2022-23	12	80.0%	$ 23,557	$ 32,041	$ 31,315	$ 39,764
2019-20 to 2023-24	10	66.7%	$ 18,194	$ 24,360	$ 23,266	$ 30,874

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	19	79.2%	$ 27,932	$ 43,432	$ 46,491	$ 50,370
2016-17 to 2020-21	20	87.0%	$ 28,438	$ 41,660	$ 43,117	$ 50,363
2017-18 to 2021-22	17	94.4%	$ 27,932	$ 39,640	$ 42,567	$ 50,355
2018-19 to 2022-23	12	80.0%	$ 23,557	$ 36,695	$ 44,957	$ 64,614
2019-20 to 2023-24	10	66.7%	$ 18,194	$ 29,909	$ 54,019	$ 76,475

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.