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Program Details
George Mason University
Public Health, General (51.2201)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Public Health

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

Degree Title: MPH

2010 CIP Code: 512201

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 12/2009

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 01/2009

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	121	91	50
2019-20	129	93	55
2020-21	137	104	51
2021-22	154	115	66
2022-23	149	108	59

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 4,652

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	37	13	50
2019-20	47	8	55
2020-21	48	3	51
2021-22	54	12	66
2022-23	52	7	59
Five Year Summary	238	43	281

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	12	43	0	50	281	41	114	15	281

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)	163	28%	$67,728	$91,660	$123,052
2013-14 (8 years)	257	31%	$61,680	$90,911	$122,834
2016-17 (5 years)	212	40%	$66,890	$87,745	$113,579
2018-19 (3 years)	203	47%	$56,301	$73,124	$92,777
2020-21 (18 months)	233	49%	$43,238	$62,243	$80,821

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	125	61.0%	$ 21,766	$ 35,136	$ 33,194	$ 40,564
2014-15 to 2018-19	119	58.6%	$ 22,954	$ 39,869	$ 33,164	$ 40,564
2015-16 to 2019-20	129	59.7%	$ 22,954	$ 40,564	$ 33,810	$ 40,564
2016-17 to 2020-21	124	53.2%	$ 23,782	$ 40,564	$ 34,578	$ 40,565
2017-18 to 2021-22	133	51.8%	$ 22,337	$ 35,126	$ 33,145	$ 40,566

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	126	61.5%	$ 24,323	$ 40,564	$ 39,671	$ 51,148
2014-15 to 2018-19	120	59.1%	$ 24,451	$ 40,564	$ 40,647	$ 50,144
2015-16 to 2019-20	130	60.2%	$ 23,817	$ 40,564	$ 40,956	$ 50,151
2016-17 to 2020-21	124	53.2%	$ 23,782	$ 40,564	$ 40,819	$ 49,799
2017-18 to 2021-22	133	51.8%	$ 22,954	$ 40,564	$ 39,096	$ 48,300

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.