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Program Details
George Mason University
Computer and Information Sciences, General (11.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Computer Science

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 110101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1980

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	1,488	1,390	237
2019-20	1,637	1,517	285
2020-21	1,809	1,650	315
2021-22	1,910	1,691	359
2022-23	2,086	1,867	355

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.38	126	$ 6,695

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.25	82

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	208	29	237
2019-20	259	26	285
2020-21	283	32	315
2021-22	325	34	359
2022-23	320	35	355
Five Year Summary	1,395	156	1,551

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	126	130	0	519	1,551	134	538	40	1,551

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)	307	58%	$121,998	$154,375	$190,033
2013-14 (8 years)	347	55%	$110,893	$145,382	$179,316
2016-17 (5 years)	514	60%	$94,328	$121,887	$147,558
2018-19 (3 years)	777	65%	$89,875	$107,635	$129,118
2020-21 (18 months)	1,162	65%	$71,556	$87,519	$101,390

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	285	46.9%	$ 14,599	$ 24,740	$ 26,276	$ 33,176
2014-15 to 2018-19	361	46.9%	$ 14,424	$ 24,327	$ 25,736	$ 31,473
2015-16 to 2019-20	484	49.9%	$ 14,567	$ 24,736	$ 26,134	$ 33,975
2016-17 to 2020-21	595	51.4%	$ 14,348	$ 24,494	$ 26,525	$ 34,680
2017-18 to 2021-22	717	52.3%	$ 14,348	$ 23,734	$ 26,061	$ 30,977

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	285	46.9%	$ 15,386	$ 26,077	$ 30,991	$ 41,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	361	46.9%	$ 15,473	$ 24,748	$ 29,748	$ 40,078
2015-16 to 2019-20	486	50.2%	$ 15,473	$ 25,798	$ 30,731	$ 40,566
2016-17 to 2020-21	598	51.7%	$ 14,966	$ 25,745	$ 31,395	$ 41,408
2017-18 to 2021-22	720	52.6%	$ 14,843	$ 24,742	$ 30,972	$ 40,322

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.