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Program Details
James Madison University
Social Work (44.0701)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Social Work

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

Degree Title: BSW

2010 CIP Code: 440701

	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	193	193	74
2019-20	179	182	41
2020-21	209	209	57
2021-22	194	185	64
2022-23	158	153	44

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.12	124	$ 2,718

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.79	76

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	61	13	74
2019-20	34	7	41
2020-21	50	7	57
2021-22	50	14	64
2022-23	34	10	44
Five Year Summary	229	51	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	0	15	0	8	280	35	204	6	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)	257	43%	$47,299	$56,720	$76,150
2013-14 (8 years)	306	47%	$45,442	$58,620	$68,549
2016-17 (5 years)	326	55%	$41,648	$50,864	$63,133
2018-19 (3 years)	322	53%	$29,414	$40,351	$53,051
2020-21 (18 months)	289	55%	$25,093	$33,327	$40,463

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	199	62.0%	$ 14,842	$ 23,280	$ 25,172	$ 28,811
2014-15 to 2018-19	198	61.5%	$ 13,856	$ 21,679	$ 25,417	$ 28,804
2015-16 to 2019-20	179	60.9%	$ 13,851	$ 21,274	$ 25,392	$ 29,718
2016-17 to 2020-21	171	59.2%	$ 13,519	$ 21,274	$ 23,921	$ 28,798
2017-18 to 2021-22	172	57.5%	$ 11,850	$ 20,584	$ 24,783	$ 28,251

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	200	62.3%	$ 17,591	$ 29,186	$ 37,710	$ 52,410
2014-15 to 2018-19	199	61.8%	$ 15,141	$ 26,720	$ 35,900	$ 44,283
2015-16 to 2019-20	180	61.2%	$ 15,092	$ 28,863	$ 35,225	$ 44,913
2016-17 to 2020-21	172	59.5%	$ 14,595	$ 26,719	$ 33,559	$ 45,637
2017-18 to 2021-22	174	58.2%	$ 13,360	$ 26,471	$ 34,272	$ 45,776

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.