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Data Science & Technology, Education, Healthcare and Science & Engineering  \nFebruary 2024  \nIn the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly appropriated $28.4 million to increase production of degree awards in the areas of data science and technology, education, healthcare, and science and engineering. The funding, targeted toward 14 public four-year institutions (University of Virginia’s College at Wise was excluded), included budget language that identified an expected annual increase by institution and area/field, totaling 880 awards over the baseline year, which is 2017. The awards included degrees at the bachelor, master, doctoral and first professional levels, identified primarily via the field-of-study taxonomy of the federal Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP codes) .  \nBetween 2017 and 2023, across the 14 institutions and all degree levels, total degree awards in the identified areas/fields grew by 3,719 and exhibited a continuous annual increase. For one field – data science and technology – the trend was similar; degree awards in data science and technology also grew annually from the base year, increasing 58% from 2017 to 2023. However, the other three identified fields did not experience uninterrupted growth, showing both increases and decreases over the period. Notably, the annual number of degree awards in science and engineering did not change much between 2017 and 2023, and in fact declined by 0.5% over the period.  \nAt the institution level, large variations occurred in annual awards in these degree areas/fields. In data science and technology, the awards at UVA and VT accounted for 69% of the field’s total increase between 2017 and 2023; growth at GMU accounted for another 18 .6% . In education, JMU and UVA had continuous annual increases and were the driving forces for the total annual growth in this area, while awards at the other 12 institutions grew and shrank annually. In healthcare, RU became the major contributor to award growth after its 2020 merger with the Jefferson College of Health Science. In science and engineering, GMU was the only institution that achieved continuous annual award growth. Compared to 2017, the awards at NSU and VSU decreased annually in all four areas/fields. This decline coincided with a change in the federal Parental Loans for Undergraduate Students  \n(PLUS) program, which disproportionately impacted families of students attending HBCU institutions, and which contributed greatly to HBCUs’ enrollments declining from fall 2014 to fall 2018 (and completions through spring 2023) .  \nThe following narrative, tables and charts provide an overview and summaries of total annual awards by award area/field and institution and are accompanied by comparison data to the goals outlined in the budget language.  \nOverall Awards  \nTotal awards in the areas/fields/programs identified in the budget language grew by 3,719 between 2017 and 2023. Table 1 depicts the annual awards by area and year numerically and in total; Chart 1 depicts the annual by-area awards graphically.  \nTable 1. Total Degrees Awarded between 2017 and 2023  \n*Excludes CIP 14.0901, 14.0903, and 14.1001 as they are reported as data science and technology degrees.  \nTable 2 provides the expected increase and the actual annual growth and percent change over the 2017 baseline year. In 2023, the primary growth was in the data science and technology area, which grew by 58% over the 2017 awards. The next largest growth was in healthcare (12%) and education (6%). Science and engineering declined by 0.5% compared to the 2017 level.  \nTable 2: Annual award change over base year (2016-17) compared to expected annual growth  \n*Excludes CIP 14.0901, 14.0903, and 14.1001 as they are reported as data science and technology degrees .  \nChart 2 illustrates comparisons of the four areas’ annual changes against their targets. 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