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Program Details
James Madison University
Anthropology, General. (45.0201)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Anthropology

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 450201

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1979

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	99	109	32
2019-20	94	100	30
2020-21	91	96	33
2021-22	85	90	25
2022-23	80	84	23

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.00	125	$ 2,289

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.59	75

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	6	32
2019-20	26	4	30
2020-21	31	2	33
2021-22	20	5	25
2022-23	20	3	23
Five Year Summary	123	20	143

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	7	1	3	143	9	115	2	143

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)	221	38%	$42,720	$56,733	$77,640
2013-14 (8 years)	238	37%	$37,525	$54,733	$74,198
2016-17 (5 years)	207	39%	$27,575	$42,900	$56,640
2018-19 (3 years)	164	45%	$21,042	$37,835	$50,093
2020-21 (18 months)	157	56%	$15,028	$28,542	$38,525

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	90	55.2%	$ 11,874	$ 21,699	$ 24,791	$ 28,792
2014-15 to 2018-19	89	59.7%	$ 11,874	$ 22,400	$ 24,984	$ 29,951
2015-16 to 2019-20	83	58.5%	$ 11,876	$ 23,999	$ 25,335	$ 29,694
2016-17 to 2020-21	80	55.9%	$ 11,884	$ 24,191	$ 24,444	$ 29,652
2017-18 to 2021-22	69	51.9%	$ 12,866	$ 23,999	$ 25,943	$ 28,579

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	90	55.2%	$ 14,598	$ 27,091	$ 37,916	$ 49,346
2014-15 to 2018-19	89	59.7%	$ 11,876	$ 26,756	$ 39,063	$ 55,288
2015-16 to 2019-20	83	58.5%	$ 12,866	$ 27,392	$ 40,312	$ 55,288
2016-17 to 2020-21	80	55.9%	$ 15,135	$ 29,131	$ 39,424	$ 52,434
2017-18 to 2021-22	69	51.9%	$ 18,308	$ 34,841	$ 46,894	$ 64,575

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.