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Program Details
Christopher Newport 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	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2004

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	295	287	103
2019-20	319	314	103
2020-21	284	276	107
2021-22	261	255	89
2022-23	266	270	81

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.15	118	$ 3,477

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.02	83

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	97	6	103
2019-20	94	9	103
2020-21	99	8	107
2021-22	84	5	89
2022-23	76	5	81
Five Year Summary	450	33	483

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	0	36	0	8	483	24	376	13	483

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)	555	53%	$54,678	$72,020	$99,924
2013-14 (8 years)	608	55%	$51,790	$68,061	$92,107
2016-17 (5 years)	635	59%	$48,469	$59,592	$77,021
2018-19 (3 years)	612	60%	$37,445	$51,587	$66,419
2020-21 (18 months)	537	63%	$28,446	$42,295	$52,592

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	366	59.2%	$ 19,370	$ 26,720	$ 31,416	$ 35,503
2014-15 to 2018-19	359	60.4%	$ 20,284	$ 26,720	$ 33,015	$ 39,812
2015-16 to 2019-20	337	59.4%	$ 21,272	$ 26,720	$ 34,841	$ 42,095
2016-17 to 2020-21	302	58.3%	$ 22,018	$ 26,720	$ 36,172	$ 43,540
2017-18 to 2021-22	296	59.4%	$ 19,551	$ 26,720	$ 36,978	$ 43,570

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	366	59.2%	$ 23,006	$ 31,285	$ 41,555	$ 61,286
2014-15 to 2018-19	359	60.4%	$ 23,776	$ 32,216	$ 43,002	$ 62,617
2015-16 to 2019-20	337	59.4%	$ 24,736	$ 33,000	$ 45,641	$ 69,293
2016-17 to 2020-21	303	58.5%	$ 24,740	$ 36,729	$ 48,431	$ 72,938
2017-18 to 2021-22	297	59.6%	$ 24,736	$ 34,721	$ 50,349	$ 77,516

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.