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Program Details
Virginia Western 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
2019-20	1,170	765	103
2020-21	805	532	87
2021-22	543	406	105
2022-23	597	428	69
2023-24	593	437	62

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
2.67	63

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
2019-20	103	0	103
2020-21	86	1	87
2021-22	102	3	105
2022-23	69	0	69
2023-24	62	0	62
Five Year Summary	422	4	426

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	23	0	33	426	27	324	5	426

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2012-13 (10 years)	234	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	320	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	410	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	938	0%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	162	34.5%	$ 5,445	$ 7,500	$ 11,318	$ 14,348
2016-17 to 2020-21	158	33.1%	$ 5,500	$ 8,750	$ 12,310	$ 15,649
2017-18 to 2021-22	149	30.3%	$ 5,442	$ 7,500	$ 11,673	$ 13,700
2018-19 to 2022-23	139	29.4%	$ 4,700	$ 7,500	$ 11,474	$ 13,485

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	165	35.2%	$ 5,500	$ 10,850	$ 12,775	$ 17,842
2016-17 to 2020-21	160	33.5%	$ 5,500	$ 11,421	$ 14,088	$ 19,782
2017-18 to 2021-22	150	30.5%	$ 5,442	$ 9,802	$ 12,976	$ 16,944
2018-19 to 2022-23	140	29.6%	$ 4,600	$ 9,420	$ 12,543	$ 15,886

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.