All Departments: Masters Completion Rates* |
College of Humanities and Sciences | Number Matriculated | % Completed within major | % Completed all majors | % Still Enrolled** |
Biology | 79 | 85% | 89% | 6% |
Chemistry | 15 | 53% | 53% | 13% |
Creative Writing | 58 | 83% | 83% | 14% |
English | 96 | 77% | 79% | 4% |
Forensic Science | 134 | 88% | 88% | 1% |
Health and Movement Sciences | 42 | 76% | 79% | 0% |
History | 78 | 60% | 64% | 8% |
Interdisciplinary Studies | 168 | 72% | 73% | 8% |
Mass Communications | 603 | 81% | 95% | 0% |
Mathematical Sciences | 89 | 70% | 71% | 1% |
Physics and Applied Physics | 38 | 71% | 71% | 16% |
Sociology | 53 | 64% | 68% | 9% |
School of Allied Health Professions | ||||
Clinical Laboratory Sciences | 44 | 80% | 80% | 2% |
Gerontology | 70 | 60% | 60% | 7% |
Health Administration | 293 | 83% | 84% | 9% |
Nurse Anesthesia | 242 | 76% | 76% | 76% |
Occupational Therapy | 213 | 79% | 79% | 19% |
Patient Counseling | 29 | 69% | 69% | 0% |
Rehabilitation Counseling | 253 | 70% | 70% | 7% |
School of the Arts | ||||
Art Education | 46 | 72% | 72% | 13% |
Art History | 35 | 80% | 80% | 9% |
Design | 123 | 80% | 80% | 2% |
Fine Arts | 162 | 91% | 91% | 1% |
Music | 24 | 58% | 58% | 21% |
Theatre | 88 | 82% | 82% | 5% |
School of Business | ||||
Accountancy | 183 | 75% | 77% | 1% |
Business | 413 | 83% | 85% | 3% |
Business Administration | 707 | 79% | 80% | 7% |
Economics | 49 | 61% | 69% | 12% |
Information Systems | 211 | 88% | 88% | 3% |
School of Dentistry | ||||
Dentistry | 93 | 94% | 94% | 2% |
School of Education | ||||
Adult Learning | 45 | 67% | 67% | 13% |
Counselor Education | 252 | 78% | 79% | 9% |
Curriculum and Instruction | 6 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Educational Leadership | 214 | 88% | 88% | 0% |
Reading | 20 | 80% | 90% | 0% |
Special Education | 133 | 69% | 70% | 7% |
Sport Leadership | 262 | 88% | 90% | 1% |
Teaching | 759 | 92% | 94% | 0% |
School of Engineering | ||||
Biomedical Engineering | 51 | 73% | 75% | 12% |
Computer Science | 72 | 65% | 71% | 7% |
Computer and Information Systems Security | 18 | 56% | 56% | 22% |
Engineering | 82 | 49% | 66% | 9% |
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering | 38 | 66% | 68% | 8% |
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs | ||||
Criminal Justice | 134 | 87% | 89% | 1% |
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness | 82 | 74% | 76% | 4% |
Public Administration | 221 | 73% | 74% | 5% |
Urban and Regional Planning | 186 | 71% | 72% | 5% |
School of Medicine | ||||
Addiction Studies | 124 | 52% | 52% | 3% |
Anatomy and Neurobiology | 23 | 91% | 91% | 0% |
Biochemistry | 34 | 68% | 71% | 0% |
Biostatistics | 19 | 74% | 74% | 5% |
Genetic Counseling | 32 | 94% | 94% | 0% |
Human Genetics | 31 | 68% | 68% | 3% |
Medical Physics | 25 | 56% | 60% | 0% |
Microbiology and Immunology | 57 | 56% | 70% | 7% |
Pharmacology and Toxicology | 24 | 63% | 67% | 0% |
Physiology and Biophysics | 56 | 86% | 86% | 2% |
Public Health | 89 | 84% | 87% | 4% |
School of Nursing | ||||
Nursing | 483 | 78% | 79% | 11% |
School of Pharmacy | ||||
Pharmaceutical Sciences | 30 | 73% | 73% | 0% |
School of Social Work | ||||
Social Work | 1,329 | 79% | 79% | 5% |
VCU Life Sciences | ||||
Bioinformatics | 44 | 66% | 68% | 7% |
Environmental Studies | 106 | 83% | 83% | 6% |
Office of Research | ||||
Clinical and Translational Sciences | 9 | 67% | 67% | 11% |
da Vinci Center for Innovation | ||||
Product Innovation | 18 | 78% | 78% | 11% |
*Data is from a five year cohort of Fall 2008 through Fall 2013.
**As of Fall 2015, Census 2
% Comlpeted within major: The percent of students who earned a degree in the major they originally enrolled in.
% Completed all majors: The percent of students who earned a degree in their enrolled major as well as outside the major they originally enrolled in.