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Program Details
James Madison University
Political Science and Government, General (45.1001)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Political Science

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451001

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	426	440	93
2019-20	435	457	96
2020-21	469	492	119
2021-22	478	483	117
2022-23	452	453	110

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.00	124	$ 3,130

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.94	80

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	76	17	93
2019-20	84	12	96
2020-21	88	31	119
2021-22	89	28	117
2022-23	87	23	110
Five Year Summary	424	111	535

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	4	22	0	12	535	45	418	7	535

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)	525	38%	$64,436	$87,287	$127,071
2013-14 (8 years)	516	39%	$57,407	$83,080	$115,469
2016-17 (5 years)	429	39%	$49,166	$64,251	$88,670
2018-19 (3 years)	432	40%	$39,592	$53,912	$71,122
2020-21 (18 months)	481	42%	$24,946	$41,004	$54,416

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	181	50.3%	$ 14,840	$ 23,822	$ 26,226	$ 29,208
2014-15 to 2018-19	180	49.0%	$ 14,844	$ 23,607	$ 26,361	$ 27,251
2015-16 to 2019-20	172	45.4%	$ 14,841	$ 22,901	$ 26,999	$ 29,246
2016-17 to 2020-21	196	46.3%	$ 13,856	$ 23,006	$ 25,980	$ 27,844
2017-18 to 2021-22	210	46.2%	$ 13,854	$ 21,639	$ 24,799	$ 26,720

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	185	51.4%	$ 17,316	$ 31,568	$ 44,612	$ 68,730
2014-15 to 2018-19	182	49.6%	$ 17,418	$ 31,188	$ 46,527	$ 72,566
2015-16 to 2019-20	174	45.9%	$ 17,810	$ 30,664	$ 44,201	$ 70,112
2016-17 to 2020-21	201	47.5%	$ 17,810	$ 29,208	$ 43,543	$ 65,943
2017-18 to 2021-22	215	47.3%	$ 17,332	$ 29,456	$ 43,125	$ 63,405

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.