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Program Details
George Mason University
Critical Infrastructure Protection (43.0303)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Cyber Security 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: 05/2015

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

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	370	384	41
2019-20	490	501	76
2020-21	534	565	84
2021-22	591	616	122
2022-23	608	605	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.32	138	$ 6,165

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.06	97

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	29	12	41
2019-20	62	14	76
2020-21	71	13	84
2021-22	97	25	122
2022-23	112	27	139
Five Year Summary	371	91	462

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	49	30	0	146	462	39	170	14	462

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)	64	59%	$87,214	$111,720	$151,833
2020-21 (18 months)	224	57%	$68,893	$87,827	$107,256

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	11	47.8%	$ 12,368	$ 20,561	$ 28,932	$ 35,626
2014-15 to 2018-19	28	43.7%	$ 14,277	$ 20,853	$ 27,505	$ 27,768
2015-16 to 2019-20	69	49.3%	$ 17,565	$ 25,232	$ 35,323	$ 34,632
2016-17 to 2020-21	109	48.7%	$ 19,048	$ 25,730	$ 33,719	$ 34,136
2017-18 to 2021-22	167	48.3%	$ 16,326	$ 22,762	$ 30,503	$ 30,680

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	11	47.8%	$ 12,368	$ 20,561	$ 34,565	$ 64,104
2014-15 to 2018-19	28	43.7%	$ 14,277	$ 20,853	$ 30,828	$ 28,697
2015-16 to 2019-20	69	49.3%	$ 17,565	$ 25,232	$ 41,521	$ 53,183
2016-17 to 2020-21	111	49.6%	$ 17,565	$ 25,730	$ 41,795	$ 54,796
2017-18 to 2021-22	169	48.8%	$ 16,326	$ 22,868	$ 36,887	$ 40,873

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.