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Program Details
Norfolk State 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: 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
2017-18	325	316	54
2018-19	374	359	29
2019-20	380	359	49
2020-21	368	346	56
2021-22	363	352	55

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.26	134	$ 1,474

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
5.91	90

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
2017-18	49	5	54
2018-19	18	11	29
2019-20	35	14	49
2020-21	44	12	56
2021-22	39	16	55
Five Year Summary	185	58	243

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	185	2	5	243	15	11	8	243

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2009-10 (10 years)	155	39%	$37,148	$50,133	$61,193
2011-12 (8 years)	182	44%	$33,402	$45,409	$59,388
2014-15 (5 years)	211	35%	$28,354	$41,911	$52,310
2016-17 (3 years)	253	38%	$21,045	$33,746	$44,802
2018-19 (18 months)	236	47%	$16,365	$24,521	$31,567

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2012-13 to 2016-17	210	83.0%	$ 24,922	$ 31,000	$ 33,292	$ 43,380
2013-14 to 2017-18	221	82.2%	$ 23,558	$ 31,000	$ 33,794	$ 44,582
2014-15 to 2018-19	194	82.2%	$ 22,229	$ 30,938	$ 33,317	$ 43,554
2015-16 to 2019-20	206	82.4%	$ 23,558	$ 30,929	$ 34,173	$ 43,380
2016-17 to 2020-21	220	86.3%	$ 22,081	$ 30,922	$ 33,644	$ 42,593

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
2012-13 to 2016-17	210	83.0%	$ 25,326	$ 35,828	$ 38,028	$ 48,847
2013-14 to 2017-18	221	82.2%	$ 24,922	$ 37,071	$ 39,052	$ 50,708
2014-15 to 2018-19	194	82.2%	$ 24,272	$ 37,221	$ 39,715	$ 51,118
2015-16 to 2019-20	206	82.4%	$ 24,272	$ 37,128	$ 41,136	$ 53,683
2016-17 to 2020-21	220	86.3%	$ 23,588	$ 38,025	$ 42,455	$ 54,587

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.