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Program Details
James Madison University
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General (16.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Modern Foreign Languages

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 160101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1989

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	162	187	58
2019-20	134	159	60
2020-21	132	145	57
2021-22	106	109	44
2022-23	75	89	34

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.33	136	$ 2,830

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.11	92

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	46	12	58
2019-20	45	15	60
2020-21	47	10	57
2021-22	35	9	44
2022-23	26	8	34
Five Year Summary	199	54	253

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	5	15	0	8	253	41	163	9	253

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)	473	34%	$55,166	$73,854	$97,565
2013-14 (8 years)	457	36%	$47,950	$62,258	$92,473
2016-17 (5 years)	399	39%	$38,681	$54,729	$74,623
2018-19 (3 years)	362	42%	$37,809	$53,159	$66,341
2020-21 (18 months)	319	46%	$23,228	$41,105	$54,336

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	101	52.1%	$ 12,896	$ 23,850	$ 30,718	$ 34,637
2014-15 to 2018-19	92	50.0%	$ 12,880	$ 22,030	$ 30,912	$ 35,374
2015-16 to 2019-20	77	46.1%	$ 14,804	$ 25,766	$ 33,699	$ 39,006
2016-17 to 2020-21	76	52.8%	$ 12,864	$ 24,544	$ 32,282	$ 36,723
2017-18 to 2021-22	69	50.4%	$ 14,844	$ 25,732	$ 31,177	$ 31,718

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	103	53.1%	$ 16,952	$ 31,794	$ 46,299	$ 73,640
2014-15 to 2018-19	94	51.1%	$ 14,804	$ 30,327	$ 43,104	$ 60,558
2015-16 to 2019-20	79	47.3%	$ 18,853	$ 34,498	$ 47,437	$ 61,996
2016-17 to 2020-21	77	53.5%	$ 15,338	$ 30,248	$ 44,801	$ 60,558
2017-18 to 2021-22	70	51.1%	$ 17,252	$ 31,198	$ 48,303	$ 60,759

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.