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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Animal Sciences, General (01.0901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Animal and Poultry Science

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 010901

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	626	623	135
2019-20	636	640	166
2020-21	626	642	152
2021-22	622	626	146
2022-23	620	632	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.93	122	$ 2,068

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.35	75

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	108	27	135
2019-20	135	31	166
2020-21	118	34	152
2021-22	125	21	146
2022-23	111	28	139
Five Year Summary	597	141	738

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	2	29	0	32	738	46	567	20	738

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)	535	39%	$46,118	$66,466	$106,285
2013-14 (8 years)	546	42%	$45,572	$66,832	$97,202
2016-17 (5 years)	566	42%	$33,256	$51,009	$70,860
2018-19 (3 years)	608	41%	$24,879	$37,833	$51,994
2020-21 (18 months)	680	46%	$16,131	$25,779	$38,811

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	303	53.5%	$ 16,532	$ 25,250	$ 28,665	$ 31,400
2014-15 to 2018-19	320	53.4%	$ 15,410	$ 25,250	$ 29,788	$ 33,345
2015-16 to 2019-20	369	56.2%	$ 16,000	$ 25,750	$ 30,763	$ 34,192
2016-17 to 2020-21	395	58.5%	$ 16,563	$ 26,000	$ 31,899	$ 35,421
2017-18 to 2021-22	422	58.6%	$ 17,375	$ 26,000	$ 32,708	$ 35,421

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	305	53.9%	$ 17,766	$ 27,000	$ 35,874	$ 45,306
2014-15 to 2018-19	322	53.8%	$ 15,800	$ 27,000	$ 37,132	$ 48,772
2015-16 to 2019-20	372	56.6%	$ 16,720	$ 27,404	$ 40,112	$ 52,836
2016-17 to 2020-21	399	59.1%	$ 18,708	$ 28,817	$ 42,742	$ 60,075
2017-18 to 2021-22	426	59.2%	$ 19,688	$ 29,300	$ 44,252	$ 66,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.