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Program Details
George Mason University
Political Science and Government, Other (45.1099)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Government & International Politics

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451099

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1998

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	720	719	161
2019-20	806	790	177
2020-21	785	767	207
2021-22	742	702	207
2022-23	699	670	181

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.26	120	$ 3,433

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.72	73

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	111	50	161
2019-20	122	55	177
2020-21	160	47	207
2021-22	154	53	207
2022-23	138	43	181
Five Year Summary	685	248	933

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	51	76	2	105	933	143	492	26	933

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)	1,108	33%	$55,708	$90,159	$131,594
2013-14 (8 years)	1,043	35%	$57,784	$81,983	$118,287
2016-17 (5 years)	870	37%	$45,306	$71,468	$93,084
2018-19 (3 years)	830	36%	$42,105	$59,163	$79,009
2020-21 (18 months)	915	42%	$26,382	$45,274	$58,871

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	523	61.6%	$ 16,360	$ 26,716	$ 30,067	$ 36,197
2014-15 to 2018-19	499	61.0%	$ 16,365	$ 26,718	$ 31,835	$ 38,998
2015-16 to 2019-20	511	61.1%	$ 16,365	$ 26,716	$ 31,691	$ 38,255
2016-17 to 2020-21	541	60.2%	$ 14,349	$ 25,728	$ 31,336	$ 37,112
2017-18 to 2021-22	553	59.5%	$ 13,854	$ 24,737	$ 31,142	$ 37,020

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	523	61.6%	$ 17,565	$ 29,730	$ 42,152	$ 56,330
2014-15 to 2018-19	499	61.0%	$ 17,566	$ 30,674	$ 44,716	$ 58,622
2015-16 to 2019-20	512	61.2%	$ 17,344	$ 30,272	$ 44,796	$ 58,817
2016-17 to 2020-21	542	60.4%	$ 15,338	$ 29,124	$ 43,163	$ 58,456
2017-18 to 2021-22	554	59.6%	$ 14,350	$ 26,989	$ 42,781	$ 58,292

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.