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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering (14.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biomedical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 140501

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1997

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	258	267	53
2021-22	258	259	54
2022-23	269	273	40
2023-24	282	282	51
2024-25	245	253	57

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

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

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
2020-21	49	4	53
2021-22	49	5	54
2022-23	35	5	40
2023-24	46	5	51
2024-25	52	5	57
Five Year Summary	231	24	255

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	10	25	0	84	255	22	83	15	255

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)	214	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	255	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	281	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	534	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	121	45.3%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 26,962	$ 29,103
2016-17 to 2020-21	123	47.1%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 27,831	$ 30,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	121	48.4%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 28,664	$ 31,000
2018-19 to 2022-23	116	47.0%	$ 17,249	$ 27,000	$ 30,345	$ 35,627
2019-20 to 2023-24	128	50.6%	$ 13,283	$ 26,332	$ 28,640	$ 31,000

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	122	45.7%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 31,722	$ 39,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	123	47.1%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 33,756	$ 43,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	121	48.4%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 34,847	$ 43,137
2018-19 to 2022-23	116	47.0%	$ 17,249	$ 27,000	$ 35,619	$ 45,200
2019-20 to 2023-24	128	50.6%	$ 14,737	$ 27,000	$ 33,633	$ 43,269

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.