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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mechanical Engineering (14.1901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mechanical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 141901

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 06/1996

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 12/1994

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	490	458	104
2020-21	472	442	105
2021-22	468	444	85
2022-23	462	442	96
2023-24	505	483	82

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.70	136	$ 5,093

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.06	79

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	95	12	107
2019-20	93	11	104
2020-21	102	3	105
2021-22	85	0	85
2022-23	90	6	96
Five Year Summary	465	32	497

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	26	47	0	50	497	48	281	20	497

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)	343	56%	$87,540	$110,842	$134,133
2013-14 (8 years)	406	56%	$81,847	$99,121	$121,042
2016-17 (5 years)	466	59%	$73,830	$87,459	$104,246
2018-19 (3 years)	500	57%	$64,994	$78,545	$92,682
2020-21 (18 months)	537	57%	$58,696	$69,589	$79,842

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	289	58.6%	$ 19,000	$ 27,670	$ 29,295	$ 36,300
2014-15 to 2018-19	301	60.2%	$ 20,500	$ 27,750	$ 31,024	$ 37,750
2015-16 to 2019-20	310	59.8%	$ 18,500	$ 27,585	$ 32,071	$ 38,875
2016-17 to 2020-21	322	60.0%	$ 17,000	$ 28,000	$ 33,124	$ 41,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	311	61.0%	$ 16,500	$ 27,750	$ 33,765	$ 43,000

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
2013-14 to 2017-18	289	58.6%	$ 19,912	$ 29,000	$ 34,305	$ 42,614
2014-15 to 2018-19	301	60.2%	$ 21,075	$ 29,578	$ 35,582	$ 43,483
2015-16 to 2019-20	310	59.8%	$ 19,000	$ 29,000	$ 36,524	$ 43,954
2016-17 to 2020-21	322	60.0%	$ 17,813	$ 30,250	$ 37,896	$ 48,816
2017-18 to 2021-22	311	61.0%	$ 16,750	$ 29,578	$ 38,959	$ 49,150

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.