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Program Details
Old Dominion University
Mechanical Engineering (14.1901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mechanical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BSME

2010 CIP Code: 141901

	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
2018-19	351	345	127
2019-20	411	385	145
2020-21	441	386	150
2021-22	390	366	114
2022-23	395	346	117

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.10	140	$ 5,035

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.22	76

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	113	14	127
2019-20	131	14	145
2020-21	124	26	150
2021-22	100	14	114
2022-23	105	12	117
Five Year Summary	573	80	653

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	26	75	2	36	653	69	376	31	653

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)	313	39%	$90,436	$104,698	$124,868
2013-14 (8 years)	420	41%	$84,520	$96,535	$113,288
2016-17 (5 years)	603	43%	$75,491	$84,484	$95,050
2018-19 (3 years)	653	43%	$69,412	$76,838	$86,541
2020-21 (18 months)	705	51%	$62,388	$71,644	$77,405

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	389	60.5%	$ 13,000	$ 21,500	$ 24,327	$ 31,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	395	60.5%	$ 11,952	$ 20,500	$ 23,842	$ 30,895
2015-16 to 2019-20	420	61.1%	$ 12,875	$ 22,297	$ 25,761	$ 31,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	433	61.4%	$ 13,233	$ 22,776	$ 26,843	$ 31,729
2017-18 to 2021-22	408	59.9%	$ 15,000	$ 24,228	$ 28,593	$ 32,883

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	389	60.5%	$ 13,050	$ 23,042	$ 27,438	$ 34,848
2014-15 to 2018-19	395	60.5%	$ 12,000	$ 21,765	$ 26,873	$ 34,014
2015-16 to 2019-20	420	61.1%	$ 13,000	$ 23,449	$ 29,429	$ 35,886
2016-17 to 2020-21	433	61.4%	$ 13,500	$ 24,199	$ 31,706	$ 38,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	408	59.9%	$ 15,000	$ 25,000	$ 33,390	$ 40,106

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.