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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Construction Engineering (14.3301)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Construction Engineering and Management

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 143301

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2009

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) BCHE

Date Program Placed on Probation: BCHE

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	142	161	50
2019-20	159	175	21
2020-21	192	224	48
2021-22	217	234	65
2022-23	197	105	74

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.33	141	$ 5,701

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.58	114

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	27	23	50
2019-20	10	11	21
2020-21	28	20	48
2021-22	32	33	65
2022-23	38	36	74
Five Year Summary	135	123	258

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	12	6	1	13	258	10	203	8	258

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)	19	11%
2011-12 (8 years)	62	26%	$81,375	$95,531	$116,889
2014-15 (5 years)	149	42%	$69,979	$89,083	$101,300
2016-17 (3 years)	179	45%	$64,801	$76,965	$85,097
2018-19 (18 months)	200	38%	$58,397	$65,152	$77,075

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	106	56.7%	$ 19,890	$ 28,000	$ 32,351	$ 36,283
2014-15 to 2018-19	113	56.5%	$ 21,400	$ 29,000	$ 38,335	$ 41,248
2015-16 to 2019-20	105	57.7%	$ 19,984	$ 28,000	$ 36,381	$ 39,160
2016-17 to 2020-21	120	59.4%	$ 19,957	$ 28,938	$ 38,447	$ 44,856
2017-18 to 2021-22	128	57.7%	$ 21,500	$ 29,954	$ 45,444	$ 56,280

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	106	56.7%	$ 19,930	$ 30,355	$ 39,973	$ 49,770
2014-15 to 2018-19	113	56.5%	$ 21,500	$ 30,902	$ 47,383	$ 68,172
2015-16 to 2019-20	105	57.7%	$ 20,000	$ 31,000	$ 49,303	$ 70,194
2016-17 to 2020-21	120	59.4%	$ 19,992	$ 31,750	$ 51,476	$ 71,745
2017-18 to 2021-22	128	57.7%	$ 21,877	$ 39,904	$ 59,697	$ 86,250

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.