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Program Details
George Mason University
History, General (54.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

History

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 540101

	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	306	270	79
2019-20	302	269	84
2020-21	295	249	79
2021-22	281	242	74
2022-23	272	233	74

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.77	130	$ 2,623

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.32	77

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	64	15	79
2019-20	72	12	84
2020-21	69	10	79
2021-22	64	10	74
2022-23	64	10	74
Five Year Summary	333	57	390

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	5	23	1	22	390	41	263	11	390

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)	644	48%	$49,461	$69,336	$96,478
2013-14 (8 years)	647	48%	$45,388	$65,759	$88,035
2016-17 (5 years)	530	46%	$35,335	$58,782	$72,189
2018-19 (3 years)	434	48%	$28,300	$45,725	$62,940
2020-21 (18 months)	390	52%	$16,283	$31,104	$46,582

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	252	56.4%	$ 13,747	$ 22,636	$ 25,471	$ 31,445
2014-15 to 2018-19	233	57.2%	$ 13,358	$ 22,767	$ 26,209	$ 33,406
2015-16 to 2019-20	229	57.4%	$ 13,358	$ 23,013	$ 28,182	$ 34,066
2016-17 to 2020-21	213	57.4%	$ 13,854	$ 26,475	$ 30,541	$ 37,103
2017-18 to 2021-22	200	54.2%	$ 14,696	$ 26,718	$ 31,142	$ 35,410

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	253	56.6%	$ 14,352	$ 24,740	$ 31,931	$ 40,605
2014-15 to 2018-19	234	57.5%	$ 13,358	$ 24,631	$ 32,815	$ 41,068
2015-16 to 2019-20	230	57.6%	$ 13,640	$ 25,389	$ 35,242	$ 45,115
2016-17 to 2020-21	213	57.4%	$ 14,844	$ 27,756	$ 38,383	$ 48,410
2017-18 to 2021-22	200	54.2%	$ 16,315	$ 28,701	$ 40,608	$ 51,427

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.