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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bioinformatics (26.1103)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Bioinformatics

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 261103

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2005

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 03/2004

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	140	141	37
2021-22	131	127	42
2022-23	130	130	37
2023-24	148	155	38
2024-25	178	181	31

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	36	1	37
2021-22	40	2	42
2022-23	34	3	37
2023-24	35	3	38
2024-25	29	2	31
Five Year Summary	174	11	185

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	6	13	0	100	185	12	37	8	185

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)	70	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	82	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	87	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	214	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	56	52.3%	$ 14,746	$ 26,000	$ 25,945	$ 31,849
2016-17 to 2020-21	67	52.3%	$ 12,656	$ 20,500	$ 24,020	$ 30,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	79	50.6%	$ 12,500	$ 21,500	$ 23,825	$ 30,140
2018-19 to 2022-23	84	50.0%	$ 11,759	$ 19,376	$ 24,394	$ 30,070
2019-20 to 2023-24	86	48.3%	$ 11,000	$ 20,750	$ 25,862	$ 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	56	52.3%	$ 14,746	$ 27,000	$ 27,226	$ 36,735
2016-17 to 2020-21	67	52.3%	$ 13,703	$ 26,000	$ 28,101	$ 34,403
2017-18 to 2021-22	79	50.6%	$ 12,656	$ 26,000	$ 29,019	$ 35,750
2018-19 to 2022-23	84	50.0%	$ 12,501	$ 25,375	$ 30,324	$ 37,586
2019-20 to 2023-24	86	48.3%	$ 11,750	$ 26,125	$ 32,584	$ 43,500

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.