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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Forensic Science and Technology. (43.0406)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Forensic Science

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 430106

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2017-18	386	343	41
2018-19	369	340	55
2019-20	359	330	59
2020-21	361	340	55
2021-22	355	330	65

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.23	129	$ 2,325

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
5.90	88

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
2017-18	32	9	41
2018-19	47	8	55
2019-20	51	8	59
2020-21	49	6	55
2021-22	59	6	65
Five Year Summary	238	37	275

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	5	43	0	34	275	27	145	0	275

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2009-10 (10 years)	254	44%	$44,648	$56,461	$70,432
2011-12 (8 years)	304	48%	$45,993	$57,214	$68,742
2014-15 (5 years)	333	55%	$35,455	$49,132	$57,427
2016-17 (3 years)	343	58%	$28,361	$42,872	$49,979
2018-19 (18 months)	302	64%	$20,991	$33,063	$40,205

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15 to 2018-19	177	72.5%	$ 23,508	$ 29,250	$ 32,949	$ 40,831
2015-16 to 2019-20	171	70.4%	$ 23,374	$ 29,000	$ 34,287	$ 43,400
2016-17 to 2020-21	161	71.6%	$ 22,500	$ 29,000	$ 34,373	$ 43,574

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
2014-15 to 2018-19	178	73.0%	$ 25,619	$ 31,000	$ 39,126	$ 48,245
2015-16 to 2019-20	172	70.8%	$ 25,310	$ 31,000	$ 43,837	$ 53,714
2016-17 to 2020-21	162	72.0%	$ 24,000	$ 31,000	$ 44,196	$ 54,400

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.