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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Biological and Physical Sciences (30.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Science

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

Degree Title: BS

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
2020-21	244	237	98
2021-22	285	265	83
2022-23	270	250	74
2023-24	231	202	74
2024-25	191	164	60

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	95	3	98
2021-22	81	2	83
2022-23	71	3	74
2023-24	71	3	74
2024-25	60	0	60
Five Year Summary	378	11	389

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	7	113	0	91	389	31	115	7	389

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)	257	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	363	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	545	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	978	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	377	77.1%	$ 21,500	$ 29,365	$ 33,786	$ 41,987
2016-17 to 2020-21	357	75.3%	$ 19,500	$ 28,500	$ 33,397	$ 41,987
2017-18 to 2021-22	324	74.0%	$ 19,500	$ 27,323	$ 33,317	$ 42,324
2018-19 to 2022-23	286	70.6%	$ 18,000	$ 27,448	$ 33,291	$ 42,086
2019-20 to 2023-24	267	67.1%	$ 17,302	$ 27,000	$ 31,925	$ 39,140

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	377	77.1%	$ 22,041	$ 35,588	$ 40,335	$ 50,750
2016-17 to 2020-21	357	75.3%	$ 20,310	$ 34,772	$ 40,248	$ 52,764
2017-18 to 2021-22	325	74.2%	$ 20,310	$ 34,154	$ 40,161	$ 55,348
2018-19 to 2022-23	288	71.1%	$ 19,500	$ 30,875	$ 40,050	$ 55,771
2019-20 to 2023-24	269	67.6%	$ 18,822	$ 29,000	$ 38,599	$ 53,263

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.