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Program Details
George Mason University
Economics, General (45.0601)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Economics

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 450601

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	418	416	136
2019-20	391	388	132
2020-21	336	316	116
2021-22	315	295	79
2022-23	311	296	78

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.71	127	$ 4,711

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.39	87

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	82	54	136
2019-20	90	42	132
2020-21	81	35	116
2021-22	57	22	79
2022-23	58	20	78
Five Year Summary	368	173	541

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	102	34	1	68	541	75	224	17	541

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)	620	33%	$76,777	$108,054	$152,409
2013-14 (8 years)	769	33%	$64,539	$96,433	$133,098
2016-17 (5 years)	857	33%	$56,718	$80,888	$112,696
2018-19 (3 years)	784	36%	$46,347	$65,015	$89,068
2020-21 (18 months)	699	38%	$33,862	$55,036	$71,725

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	361	45.6%	$ 14,846	$ 25,059	$ 26,920	$ 32,426
2014-15 to 2018-19	341	44.9%	$ 14,471	$ 25,000	$ 27,638	$ 31,818
2015-16 to 2019-20	305	43.1%	$ 14,024	$ 24,742	$ 28,353	$ 31,142
2016-17 to 2020-21	305	44.8%	$ 14,598	$ 25,728	$ 29,679	$ 33,643
2017-18 to 2021-22	274	45.7%	$ 14,844	$ 24,457	$ 28,666	$ 33,146

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	361	45.6%	$ 15,090	$ 26,718	$ 33,956	$ 42,886
2014-15 to 2018-19	341	44.9%	$ 14,942	$ 26,718	$ 34,166	$ 43,276
2015-16 to 2019-20	306	43.3%	$ 14,942	$ 26,718	$ 35,516	$ 44,780
2016-17 to 2020-21	307	45.1%	$ 14,942	$ 26,718	$ 36,488	$ 45,402
2017-18 to 2021-22	277	46.2%	$ 15,000	$ 26,649	$ 35,214	$ 44,334

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.