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Program Details
Old Dominion 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
2018-19	633	636	214
2019-20	606	573	203
2020-21	611	584	222
2021-22	548	538	196
2022-23	599	555	170

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.36	128	$ 2,434

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.83	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
2018-19	184	30	214
2019-20	167	36	203
2020-21	196	26	222
2021-22	173	23	196
2022-23	147	23	170
Five Year Summary	867	138	1,005

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	8	179	3	79	1,005	108	509	34	1,005

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)	590	43%	$46,860	$70,008	$103,276
2013-14 (8 years)	822	43%	$44,551	$63,098	$89,237
2016-17 (5 years)	1,053	46%	$36,787	$53,194	$70,170
2018-19 (3 years)	1,053	47%	$27,235	$39,988	$54,628
2020-21 (18 months)	1,057	56%	$18,418	$27,725	$40,695

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	701	67.4%	$ 15,750	$ 24,750	$ 27,050	$ 34,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	721	68.9%	$ 15,500	$ 23,500	$ 26,618	$ 31,944
2015-16 to 2019-20	699	68.3%	$ 15,066	$ 23,000	$ 26,188	$ 32,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	714	67.8%	$ 16,750	$ 24,042	$ 27,258	$ 34,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	714	68.9%	$ 17,187	$ 25,000	$ 27,812	$ 35,000

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	702	67.5%	$ 16,435	$ 26,126	$ 30,955	$ 40,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	721	68.9%	$ 16,435	$ 25,000	$ 30,889	$ 39,165
2015-16 to 2019-20	699	68.3%	$ 15,500	$ 25,000	$ 30,640	$ 38,743
2016-17 to 2020-21	714	67.8%	$ 17,663	$ 25,882	$ 32,635	$ 41,081
2017-18 to 2021-22	714	68.9%	$ 18,100	$ 26,000	$ 33,352	$ 41,694

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.