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Program Details
George Mason 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: 231001

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1980

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 01/2010

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	0	245	96
2020-21	537	494	160
2021-22	459	421	153
2022-23	423	377	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.07	120	$ 3,576

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.05	74

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
2019-20	75	21	96
2020-21	130	30	160
2021-22	134	19	153
2022-23	114	25	139
Five Year Summary	453	95	548

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	23	89	0	57	548	90	244	12	548

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)		NaN
2018-19 (3 years)		NaN
2020-21 (18 months)	256	54%	$26,639	$41,946	$53,118

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	64	66.7%	$ 18,800	$ 26,677	$ 32,513	$ 35,678
2016-17 to 2020-21	159	62.6%	$ 13,676	$ 24,777	$ 27,695	$ 32,953
2017-18 to 2021-22	242	59.5%	$ 13,358	$ 24,744	$ 28,317	$ 34,136

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	64	66.7%	$ 19,295	$ 31,560	$ 46,242	$ 52,265
2016-17 to 2020-21	159	62.6%	$ 13,854	$ 26,718	$ 37,217	$ 43,294
2017-18 to 2021-22	243	59.7%	$ 13,854	$ 26,718	$ 35,772	$ 41,321

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.