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Program Details
Christopher Newport University
Sociology, General. (45.1101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Sociology

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451101

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	No

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	189	189	54
2019-20	212	204	76
2020-21	202	202	60
2021-22	196	193	52
2022-23	220	209	48

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.18	116	$ 2,442

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.95	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	51	3	54
2019-20	70	6	76
2020-21	56	4	60
2021-22	51	1	52
2022-23	45	3	48
Five Year Summary	273	17	290

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	21	2	9	290	18	216	6	290

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)	336	57%	$51,075	$63,885	$78,855
2013-14 (8 years)	311	56%	$50,654	$62,446	$78,743
2016-17 (5 years)	287	56%	$44,314	$58,685	$68,043
2018-19 (3 years)	288	63%	$31,013	$46,265	$60,960
2020-21 (18 months)	312	60%	$22,134	$33,246	$49,975

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	158	62.0%	$ 19,302	$ 26,570	$ 31,778	$ 36,953
2014-15 to 2018-19	160	61.5%	$ 18,556	$ 25,976	$ 32,468	$ 40,061
2015-16 to 2019-20	167	61.9%	$ 18,312	$ 25,732	$ 31,904	$ 37,130
2016-17 to 2020-21	173	63.8%	$ 14,967	$ 25,732	$ 30,032	$ 35,625
2017-18 to 2021-22	164	63.3%	$ 16,247	$ 25,778	$ 31,544	$ 36,672

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	159	62.4%	$ 22,762	$ 33,355	$ 42,553	$ 61,829
2014-15 to 2018-19	161	61.9%	$ 22,050	$ 34,266	$ 44,986	$ 66,086
2015-16 to 2019-20	168	62.2%	$ 20,287	$ 30,757	$ 43,474	$ 64,429
2016-17 to 2020-21	175	64.6%	$ 18,800	$ 29,720	$ 43,936	$ 64,858
2017-18 to 2021-22	166	64.1%	$ 16,824	$ 28,520	$ 44,486	$ 64,814

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.