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Program Details
George Mason University
Public Administration (44.0401)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Public Administration

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 440401

	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	110	95	30
2019-20	101	95	23
2020-21	100	102	33
2021-22	108	111	34
2022-23	117	109	29

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.06	121	$ 3,812

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.35	81

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	25	5	30
2019-20	18	5	23
2020-21	27	6	33
2021-22	30	4	34
2022-23	26	3	29
Five Year Summary	126	23	149

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	1	14	0	18	149	17	84	6	149

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)	118	44%	$70,725	$93,797	$141,697
2013-14 (8 years)	111	50%	$61,375	$76,105	$111,532
2016-17 (5 years)	155	54%	$56,677	$73,154	$106,543
2018-19 (3 years)	161	50%	$48,906	$59,740	$81,090
2020-21 (18 months)	152	54%	$29,440	$49,175	$58,295

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	87	56.1%	$ 12,866	$ 23,810	$ 24,661	$ 34,383
2014-15 to 2018-19	91	56.9%	$ 13,854	$ 24,767	$ 26,181	$ 34,383
2015-16 to 2019-20	83	59.7%	$ 15,088	$ 24,736	$ 27,074	$ 35,134
2016-17 to 2020-21	88	58.7%	$ 16,067	$ 26,595	$ 29,610	$ 37,097
2017-18 to 2021-22	90	61.2%	$ 13,856	$ 26,716	$ 29,783	$ 38,469

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	87	56.1%	$ 13,854	$ 24,785	$ 30,848	$ 38,469
2014-15 to 2018-19	91	56.9%	$ 15,650	$ 26,474	$ 33,483	$ 40,356
2015-16 to 2019-20	83	59.7%	$ 16,301	$ 26,716	$ 33,807	$ 40,356
2016-17 to 2020-21	88	58.7%	$ 18,058	$ 31,645	$ 37,398	$ 47,684
2017-18 to 2021-22	90	61.2%	$ 15,561	$ 31,631	$ 37,266	$ 54,073

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.