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Program Details
George Mason University
Accounting (52.0301)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	1,062	922	251
2019-20	956	831	238
2020-21	740	627	237
2021-22	401	296	182
2022-23	183	113	106

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.36	125	$ 4,510

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.86	80

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	226	25	251
2019-20	199	39	238
2020-21	192	45	237
2021-22	154	28	182
2022-23	75	31	106
Five Year Summary	846	168	1,014

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	138	83	1	314	1,014	162	260	22	1,014

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)	1,190	48%	$79,763	$109,866	$144,073
2013-14 (8 years)	1,304	50%	$75,106	$103,403	$130,574
2016-17 (5 years)	1,314	56%	$69,120	$89,790	$111,746
2018-19 (3 years)	1,315	61%	$59,737	$75,777	$89,717
2020-21 (18 months)	1,292	58%	$47,657	$64,842	$75,249

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	794	60.9%	$ 13,612	$ 25,082	$ 26,910	$ 37,057
2014-15 to 2018-19	759	59.4%	$ 13,984	$ 24,069	$ 26,588	$ 36,640
2015-16 to 2019-20	751	59.4%	$ 13,910	$ 23,994	$ 26,579	$ 36,674
2016-17 to 2020-21	705	56.2%	$ 13,856	$ 23,252	$ 26,211	$ 35,789
2017-18 to 2021-22	641	54.2%	$ 13,606	$ 23,009	$ 26,258	$ 35,829

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	794	60.9%	$ 13,897	$ 25,794	$ 29,699	$ 39,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	759	59.4%	$ 14,624	$ 24,778	$ 29,781	$ 39,139
2015-16 to 2019-20	751	59.4%	$ 14,301	$ 24,740	$ 29,618	$ 38,863
2016-17 to 2020-21	706	56.3%	$ 14,000	$ 24,735	$ 29,297	$ 38,588
2017-18 to 2021-22	643	54.4%	$ 13,897	$ 24,201	$ 29,722	$ 38,659

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.