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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Biology/Biological Sciences, General (26.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Biology

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 260101

	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
2020-21	2,018	1,938	412
2021-22	1,958	1,844	390
2022-23	1,758	1,672	342
2023-24	1,821	1,747	352
2024-25	1,815	1,747	348

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	391	21	412
2021-22	371	19	390
2022-23	323	19	342
2023-24	333	19	352
2024-25	325	23	348
Five Year Summary	1,743	101	1,844

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	55	300	6	648	1,844	165	530	37	1,844

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)	1,260	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	1,495	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	1,751	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	3,560	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	1,119	62.9%	$ 17,250	$ 27,000	$ 28,723	$ 34,907
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,117	62.1%	$ 16,345	$ 26,000	$ 28,709	$ 34,588
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,128	61.5%	$ 15,052	$ 25,000	$ 27,873	$ 32,587
2018-19 to 2022-23	1,081	58.7%	$ 15,000	$ 24,203	$ 27,483	$ 31,697
2019-20 to 2023-24	1,063	57.6%	$ 14,750	$ 24,108	$ 27,531	$ 32,000

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	1,120	62.9%	$ 18,125	$ 27,000	$ 33,375	$ 42,279
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,119	62.2%	$ 17,750	$ 27,000	$ 33,969	$ 44,874
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,130	61.6%	$ 16,000	$ 27,000	$ 33,987	$ 45,437
2018-19 to 2022-23	1,084	58.8%	$ 15,923	$ 26,529	$ 33,581	$ 43,566
2019-20 to 2023-24	1,066	57.7%	$ 15,500	$ 26,000	$ 33,542	$ 43,500

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.