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Program Details
James Madison University
Public Administration (44.0401)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Public Administration

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 440401

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1977

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	181	193	65
2019-20	163	177	59
2020-21	168	175	59
2021-22	143	143	48
2022-23	130	135	56

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.31	129	$ 3,653

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.85	81

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	55	10	65
2019-20	50	9	59
2020-21	47	12	59
2021-22	41	7	48
2022-23	45	11	56
Five Year Summary	238	49	287

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	2	20	0	10	287	18	211	9	287

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)	167	44%	$64,941	$88,141	$121,735
2013-14 (8 years)	191	41%	$67,189	$90,422	$123,247
2016-17 (5 years)	192	43%	$47,993	$68,845	$93,692
2018-19 (3 years)	240	49%	$43,339	$56,404	$73,310
2020-21 (18 months)	286	51%	$22,958	$39,303	$55,711

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	109	55.9%	$ 12,000	$ 20,672	$ 26,050	$ 30,679
2014-15 to 2018-19	125	56.8%	$ 12,864	$ 22,377	$ 26,290	$ 29,444
2015-16 to 2019-20	139	55.8%	$ 15,337	$ 24,068	$ 28,449	$ 30,710
2016-17 to 2020-21	143	53.6%	$ 15,337	$ 22,845	$ 27,513	$ 29,444
2017-18 to 2021-22	145	52.2%	$ 16,032	$ 23,007	$ 28,789	$ 30,679

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	110	56.4%	$ 14,845	$ 24,730	$ 33,656	$ 47,494
2014-15 to 2018-19	125	56.8%	$ 15,016	$ 26,720	$ 37,652	$ 51,854
2015-16 to 2019-20	139	55.8%	$ 17,937	$ 26,724	$ 40,039	$ 52,412
2016-17 to 2020-21	143	53.6%	$ 17,563	$ 26,412	$ 39,700	$ 52,898
2017-18 to 2021-22	147	52.9%	$ 17,686	$ 26,720	$ 41,976	$ 57,508

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.