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

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Social Work

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

Degree Title: MSW

2010 CIP Code: 440701

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 11/2002

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	207	207	84
2019-20	252	237	87
2020-21	338	292	79
2021-22	352	311	76
2022-23	391	355	127

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 4,479

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	73	11	84
2019-20	80	7	87
2020-21	74	5	79
2021-22	72	4	76
2022-23	96	31	127
Five Year Summary	395	58	453

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	7	70	1	34	453	79	227	28	453

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)	208	49%	$62,949	$75,223	$92,033
2013-14 (8 years)	319	50%	$65,086	$78,574	$91,675
2016-17 (5 years)	383	62%	$59,650	$72,830	$83,617
2018-19 (3 years)	394	71%	$53,185	$65,716	$75,462
2020-21 (18 months)	387	78%	$47,097	$59,730	$68,953

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	261	67.4%	$ 20,286	$ 40,564	$ 37,405	$ 40,582
2014-15 to 2018-19	271	68.8%	$ 28,069	$ 40,564	$ 38,875	$ 40,568
2015-16 to 2019-20	273	67.2%	$ 31,433	$ 40,564	$ 39,141	$ 40,566
2016-17 to 2020-21	251	64.9%	$ 20,284	$ 40,564	$ 38,845	$ 40,568
2017-18 to 2021-22	266	65.0%	$ 28,306	$ 40,564	$ 39,303	$ 40,568

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	261	67.4%	$ 32,154	$ 40,564	$ 46,897	$ 61,082
2014-15 to 2018-19	271	68.8%	$ 32,328	$ 40,564	$ 47,693	$ 60,849
2015-16 to 2019-20	273	67.2%	$ 33,936	$ 40,564	$ 46,804	$ 60,846
2016-17 to 2020-21	251	64.9%	$ 22,756	$ 40,564	$ 45,193	$ 58,376
2017-18 to 2021-22	266	65.0%	$ 29,752	$ 40,566	$ 45,513	$ 57,798

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.