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Program Details
Tidewater Community College
Biological and Physical Sciences (30.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biological and Physical Sciences

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

Degree Title: AS

2010 CIP Code: 300101

	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	2,035	1,510	255
2019-20	1,935	1,400	237
2020-21	1,389	957	241
2021-22	1,258	849	181
2022-23	1,087	775	171

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.51	68	$ 2,392

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	250	5	255
2019-20	226	11	237
2020-21	229	12	241
2021-22	178	3	181
2022-23	164	7	171
Five Year Summary	1,047	38	1,085

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	13	162	5	94	1,085	113	589	9	1,085

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)	1,261	49%	$39,837	$58,979	$83,651
2013-14 (8 years)	1,548	52%	$34,207	$52,198	$73,676
2016-17 (5 years)	1,728	53%	$27,880	$42,271	$59,412
2018-19 (3 years)	1,621	55%	$18,903	$32,559	$47,599
2020-21 (18 months)	1,368	53%	$12,599	$20,661	$35,651

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	754	44.6%	$ 6,474	$ 11,194	$ 13,766	$ 18,384
2014-15 to 2018-19	707	43.6%	$ 6,432	$ 11,000	$ 13,623	$ 17,812
2015-16 to 2019-20	642	42.6%	$ 6,186	$ 11,194	$ 13,583	$ 17,422
2016-17 to 2020-21	575	42.0%	$ 6,234	$ 10,943	$ 13,669	$ 17,384
2017-18 to 2021-22	489	39.9%	$ 6,234	$ 11,092	$ 13,752	$ 17,422

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	757	44.7%	$ 6,500	$ 11,629	$ 14,416	$ 19,070
2014-15 to 2018-19	710	43.8%	$ 6,500	$ 11,481	$ 14,271	$ 18,681
2015-16 to 2019-20	647	42.9%	$ 6,432	$ 11,783	$ 14,425	$ 18,632
2016-17 to 2020-21	579	42.3%	$ 6,432	$ 11,384	$ 14,608	$ 18,360
2017-18 to 2021-22	493	40.2%	$ 6,500	$ 11,876	$ 14,637	$ 18,656

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.