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Program Details
George Mason University
Social Work (44.0701)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Social Work

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

Degree Title: BSW

2010 CIP Code: 440701

	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	198	177	63
2019-20	200	180	58
2020-21	217	200	49
2021-22	220	198	65
2022-23	209	189	68

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.38	120	$ 2,787

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.86	72

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	58	5	63
2019-20	55	3	58
2020-21	43	6	49
2021-22	59	6	65
2022-23	66	2	68
Five Year Summary	281	22	303

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	8	46	0	34	303	104	96	4	303

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)	148	55%	$54,891	$72,765	$85,426
2013-14 (8 years)	205	53%	$49,955	$66,442	$75,255
2016-17 (5 years)	253	59%	$47,072	$60,847	$71,616
2018-19 (3 years)	258	68%	$35,164	$49,987	$62,335
2020-21 (18 months)	274	65%	$25,859	$36,639	$49,679

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	179	71.0%	$ 14,347	$ 24,736	$ 25,571	$ 34,248
2014-15 to 2018-19	191	74.0%	$ 14,347	$ 24,740	$ 26,972	$ 36,228
2015-16 to 2019-20	189	71.1%	$ 14,347	$ 24,734	$ 26,388	$ 33,097
2016-17 to 2020-21	186	67.9%	$ 14,347	$ 23,626	$ 26,606	$ 33,097
2017-18 to 2021-22	188	66.0%	$ 13,854	$ 22,759	$ 26,427	$ 32,661

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	181	71.8%	$ 15,000	$ 25,725	$ 29,977	$ 42,549
2014-15 to 2018-19	193	74.8%	$ 15,584	$ 26,513	$ 31,439	$ 45,488
2015-16 to 2019-20	189	71.1%	$ 16,326	$ 25,725	$ 30,338	$ 41,811
2016-17 to 2020-21	186	67.9%	$ 15,444	$ 25,729	$ 31,775	$ 47,026
2017-18 to 2021-22	188	66.0%	$ 14,225	$ 25,440	$ 31,652	$ 46,346

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.