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Program Details
George Mason University
Mechanical Engineering (14.1901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mechanical Engineering

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 12/2014

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 07/2014

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	374	359	55
2019-20	380	347	76
2020-21	409	378	86
2021-22	403	363	75
2022-23	400	352	89

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.86	140	$ 4,987

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.19	84

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	48	7	55
2019-20	66	10	76
2020-21	75	11	86
2021-22	67	8	75
2022-23	77	12	89
Five Year Summary	333	48	381

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	33	32	0	56	381	52	171	11	381

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)	100	46%	$68,157	$77,108	$105,166
2020-21 (18 months)	261	52%	$50,431	$70,440	$82,716

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	26	57.8%	$ 14,420	$ 22,712	$ 26,084	$ 41,862
2014-15 to 2018-19	57	57.0%	$ 13,852	$ 23,257	$ 26,872	$ 41,615
2015-16 to 2019-20	101	57.4%	$ 14,348	$ 25,900	$ 28,266	$ 41,615
2016-17 to 2020-21	149	57.1%	$ 14,596	$ 24,743	$ 28,598	$ 40,803
2017-18 to 2021-22	177	53.8%	$ 14,348	$ 24,741	$ 28,382	$ 37,104

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	26	57.8%	$ 14,420	$ 24,385	$ 27,545	$ 42,604
2014-15 to 2018-19	57	57.0%	$ 13,852	$ 24,736	$ 30,528	$ 43,682
2015-16 to 2019-20	101	57.4%	$ 14,348	$ 26,720	$ 33,506	$ 45,673
2016-17 to 2020-21	150	57.5%	$ 14,844	$ 25,732	$ 33,861	$ 45,321
2017-18 to 2021-22	178	54.1%	$ 14,596	$ 25,672	$ 33,992	$ 43,682

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.