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Program Details
Regent University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 090101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: XX/2004

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	315	178	69
2019-20	278	175	72
2020-21	250	211	52
2021-22	248	216	52
2022-23	204	184	35

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.00	88	$ 2,508

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.46	61

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	46	23	69
2019-20	42	30	72
2020-21	25	27	52
2021-22	29	23	52
2022-23	21	14	35
Five Year Summary	163	117	280

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	1	49	0	6	280	21	183	3	280

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)	186	22%	$31,567	$68,066	$90,728
2013-14 (8 years)	247	22%	$28,736	$48,325	$71,568
2016-17 (5 years)	291	31%	$27,481	$42,797	$56,302
2018-19 (3 years)	321	37%	$27,271	$37,080	$50,555
2020-21 (18 months)	318	38%	$20,973	$32,668	$41,970

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	192	63.4%	$ 18,353	$ 24,743	$ 27,468	$ 32,450
2014-15 to 2018-19	211	65.7%	$ 18,308	$ 24,742	$ 26,534	$ 31,177
2015-16 to 2019-20	212	64.2%	$ 17,637	$ 24,522	$ 26,098	$ 31,175
2016-17 to 2020-21	201	63.2%	$ 17,595	$ 25,606	$ 26,819	$ 32,674
2017-18 to 2021-22	194	61.6%	$ 17,464	$ 24,842	$ 26,432	$ 32,419

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	192	63.4%	$ 19,316	$ 30,433	$ 35,268	$ 47,770
2014-15 to 2018-19	211	65.7%	$ 19,111	$ 27,705	$ 33,889	$ 46,763
2015-16 to 2019-20	212	64.2%	$ 18,549	$ 27,305	$ 33,280	$ 46,712
2016-17 to 2020-21	201	63.2%	$ 18,516	$ 29,933	$ 34,572	$ 48,940
2017-18 to 2021-22	194	61.6%	$ 17,627	$ 28,879	$ 32,912	$ 46,363

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.