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Program Details
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Political Science and Government, General (45.1001)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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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	4,744	4,871	1,462
2019-20	4,719	4,829	1,469
2020-21	4,783	4,861	1,467
2021-22	4,760	4,822	1,470
2022-23	4,336	4,540	1,440

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.14	120	$ 3,083

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.33	78

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	1,017	445	1,462
2019-20	1,039	430	1,469
2020-21	954	513	1,467
2021-22	993	477	1,470
2022-23	943	497	1,440
Five Year Summary	4,946	2,362	7,308

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	130	898	19	277	7,308	627	4,472	532	7,308

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)	6,702	32%	$55,670	$78,309	$113,392
2013-14 (8 years)	6,647	33%	$52,570	$71,746	$101,451
2016-17 (5 years)	6,510	36%	$42,569	$60,190	$82,301
2018-19 (3 years)	6,816	35%	$35,033	$50,823	$67,440
2020-21 (18 months)	7,128	36%	$24,285	$39,254	$53,690

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	3,472	60.2%	$ 18,052	$ 26,783	$ 29,658	$ 35,759
2014-15 to 2018-19	3,563	60.1%	$ 18,002	$ 26,724	$ 29,877	$ 36,292
2015-16 to 2019-20	3,590	59.1%	$ 17,909	$ 26,720	$ 30,402	$ 36,401
2016-17 to 2020-21	3,663	58.6%	$ 17,361	$ 26,716	$ 29,975	$ 35,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	3,725	58.2%	$ 17,095	$ 26,565	$ 30,112	$ 35,410

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	3,491	60.5%	$ 19,500	$ 31,000	$ 40,276	$ 53,167
2014-15 to 2018-19	3,578	60.3%	$ 19,500	$ 31,125	$ 40,862	$ 54,968
2015-16 to 2019-20	3,608	59.4%	$ 19,500	$ 31,000	$ 41,626	$ 56,637
2016-17 to 2020-21	3,690	59.0%	$ 19,296	$ 30,944	$ 42,121	$ 57,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	3,754	58.6%	$ 19,049	$ 30,686	$ 42,226	$ 57,461

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.