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Program Details
George Mason University
Accounting (52.0301)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Accounting

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

Degree Title: MS

2010 CIP Code: 520301

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1985

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	117	95	64
2019-20	116	81	72
2020-21	114	89	57
2021-22	114	84	72
2022-23	123	93	67

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 6,687

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	43	21	64
2019-20	43	29	72
2020-21	43	14	57
2021-22	59	13	72
2022-23	52	15	67
Five Year Summary	240	92	332

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	73	38	1	70	332	34	102	10	332

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)	66	50%	$101,070	$129,176	$160,380
2013-14 (8 years)	112	54%	$100,247	$122,109	$161,148
2016-17 (5 years)	151	48%	$95,186	$114,352	$137,476
2018-19 (3 years)	227	44%	$82,273	$99,823	$112,081
2020-21 (18 months)	295	48%	$69,515	$78,516	$90,633

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	87	45.1%	$ 19,183	$ 20,282	$ 21,884	$ 20,296
2014-15 to 2018-19	95	41.9%	$ 20,282	$ 20,282	$ 22,778	$ 23,746
2015-16 to 2019-20	103	37.7%	$ 20,282	$ 20,282	$ 23,283	$ 23,746
2016-17 to 2020-21	115	39.0%	$ 20,282	$ 20,282	$ 23,735	$ 26,225
2017-18 to 2021-22	126	37.8%	$ 20,282	$ 20,282	$ 24,096	$ 27,045

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	88	45.6%	$ 19,385	$ 25,364	$ 30,248	$ 40,564
2014-15 to 2018-19	95	41.9%	$ 20,282	$ 26,026	$ 31,608	$ 40,865
2015-16 to 2019-20	103	37.7%	$ 20,282	$ 26,027	$ 31,788	$ 40,564
2016-17 to 2020-21	116	39.3%	$ 20,282	$ 22,015	$ 30,802	$ 40,564
2017-18 to 2021-22	127	38.1%	$ 20,282	$ 20,284	$ 30,680	$ 40,564

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.