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Program Details
George Mason University
Fine and Studio Arts Management (50.1002)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Arts Management

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

Degree Title: MA

2010 CIP Code: 500704

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2004

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 03/2004

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	123	70	67
2019-20	95	54	48
2020-21	70	39	30
2021-22	63	36	29
2022-23	49	26	28

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 3,860

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	16	51	67
2019-20	12	36	48
2020-21	9	21	30
2021-22	17	12	29
2022-23	11	17	28
Five Year Summary	65	137	202

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	107	13	0	6	202	9	60	5	202

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)	157	24%	$54,589	$74,206	$87,344
2013-14 (8 years)	180	26%	$47,185	$62,999	$84,745
2016-17 (5 years)	153	26%	$46,600	$64,911	$88,268
2018-19 (3 years)	182	26%	$42,522	$58,936	$72,475
2020-21 (18 months)	203	23%	$30,604	$47,845	$59,319

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	64	44.8%	$ 24,441	$ 38,025	$ 32,465	$ 40,575
2014-15 to 2018-19	66	36.3%	$ 25,723	$ 39,971	$ 34,531	$ 40,992
2015-16 to 2019-20	60	28.8%	$ 26,487	$ 39,096	$ 35,305	$ 43,273
2016-17 to 2020-21	49	24.1%	$ 27,250	$ 37,796	$ 36,114	$ 45,873
2017-18 to 2021-22	39	19.4%	$ 30,424	$ 39,725	$ 38,249	$ 50,705

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	64	44.8%	$ 26,487	$ 40,566	$ 41,579	$ 57,175
2014-15 to 2018-19	66	36.3%	$ 29,770	$ 40,568	$ 43,043	$ 55,604
2015-16 to 2019-20	60	28.8%	$ 29,130	$ 40,566	$ 42,881	$ 53,397
2016-17 to 2020-21	49	24.1%	$ 28,490	$ 40,564	$ 44,436	$ 55,604
2017-18 to 2021-22	39	19.4%	$ 33,146	$ 41,914	$ 48,288	$ 60,846

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.