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Program Details
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
English Language and Literature, General (23.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Program Status:

Degree Title:

2010 CIP Code:

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	3,744	3,708	1,239
2019-20	3,564	3,551	1,171
2020-21	3,333	3,282	1,090
2021-22	3,239	3,169	1,064
2022-23	2,889	2,895	923

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.39	122	$ 2,539

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.45	80

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
2018-19	961	278	1,239
2019-20	911	260	1,171
2020-21	810	280	1,090
2021-22	835	229	1,064
2022-23	712	211	923
Five Year Summary	4,229	1,258	5,487

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	65	509	11	208	5,487	401	3,614	381	5,487

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 2022
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)	8,681	38%	$43,993	$59,442	$78,626
2013-14 (8 years)	8,549	40%	$41,263	$57,213	$74,797
2016-17 (5 years)	7,504	43%	$35,004	$51,790	$64,363
2018-19 (3 years)	6,823	46%	$28,884	$45,057	$57,629
2020-21 (18 months)	6,175	46%	$19,894	$31,382	$47,169

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	4,029	61.3%	$ 17,001	$ 26,471	$ 28,215	$ 33,881
2014-15 to 2018-19	3,783	60.6%	$ 17,252	$ 26,473	$ 28,772	$ 35,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	3,549	59.8%	$ 17,500	$ 26,500	$ 29,027	$ 35,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	3,364	59.8%	$ 17,079	$ 26,225	$ 29,367	$ 35,189
2017-18 to 2021-22	3,209	59.5%	$ 16,491	$ 25,976	$ 29,112	$ 34,140

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
2013-14 to 2017-18	4,048	61.6%	$ 18,738	$ 28,950	$ 37,118	$ 48,713
2014-15 to 2018-19	3,801	60.9%	$ 18,750	$ 29,000	$ 37,752	$ 50,119
2015-16 to 2019-20	3,563	60.1%	$ 19,000	$ 29,184	$ 38,505	$ 51,210
2016-17 to 2020-21	3,377	60.1%	$ 18,932	$ 28,750	$ 39,171	$ 52,255
2017-18 to 2021-22	3,220	59.8%	$ 18,556	$ 28,514	$ 39,267	$ 52,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.