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Program Details
George Mason University
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (51.3801)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Nursing

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

Degree Title: MSN

2010 CIP Code: 511601

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1979

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	126	82	28
2019-20	119	98	52
2020-21	205	148	42
2021-22	220	172	52
2022-23	228	183	106

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 7,933

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	26	2	28
2019-20	51	1	52
2020-21	37	5	42
2021-22	45	7	52
2022-23	71	35	106
Five Year Summary	230	50	280

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	1	32	0	52	280	18	131	38	280

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)	414	53%	$84,659	$120,574	$154,020
2013-14 (8 years)	405	61%	$85,210	$118,760	$143,692
2016-17 (5 years)	248	67%	$86,391	$112,797	$132,001
2018-19 (3 years)	181	70%	$76,710	$101,764	$123,230
2020-21 (18 months)	194	76%	$79,692	$104,200	$120,241

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	91	43.5%	$ 20,286	$ 34,984	$ 37,201	$ 50,716
2014-15 to 2018-19	79	43.6%	$ 20,500	$ 34,984	$ 37,999	$ 50,716
2015-16 to 2019-20	80	43.2%	$ 22,877	$ 34,886	$ 37,266	$ 50,706
2016-17 to 2020-21	92	47.4%	$ 26,716	$ 40,564	$ 39,623	$ 50,710
2017-18 to 2021-22	99	46.5%	$ 30,423	$ 40,568	$ 41,548	$ 54,090

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	91	43.5%	$ 20,349	$ 39,388	$ 44,100	$ 60,152
2014-15 to 2018-19	79	43.6%	$ 21,611	$ 39,775	$ 43,621	$ 60,152
2015-16 to 2019-20	80	43.2%	$ 24,866	$ 36,670	$ 40,441	$ 51,349
2016-17 to 2020-21	92	47.4%	$ 28,603	$ 40,566	$ 42,476	$ 56,941
2017-18 to 2021-22	99	46.5%	$ 30,916	$ 40,568	$ 43,959	$ 55,788

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.