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Program Details
James Madison University
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General (50.0501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Theatre

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 500501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1985

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	280	329	61
2019-20	283	333	55
2020-21	311	348	69
2021-22	275	308	63
2022-23	254	291	63

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.27	138	$ 1,787

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.21	102

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	52	9	61
2019-20	40	15	55
2020-21	56	13	69
2021-22	42	21	63
2022-23	51	12	63
Five Year Summary	241	70	311

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	17	1	5	311	25	239	2	311

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)	195	29%	$38,100	$55,315	$79,512
2013-14 (8 years)	225	29%	$19,943	$49,818	$73,598
2016-17 (5 years)	253	28%	$19,643	$38,210	$54,287
2018-19 (3 years)	266	30%	$19,594	$31,920	$52,224
2020-21 (18 months)	288	33%	$14,005	$23,286	$35,976

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	132	52.8%	$ 14,545	$ 23,847	$ 23,894	$ 26,792
2014-15 to 2018-19	130	50.8%	$ 16,575	$ 23,675	$ 24,825	$ 26,756
2015-16 to 2019-20	139	51.1%	$ 16,575	$ 23,327	$ 26,171	$ 26,724
2016-17 to 2020-21	143	51.3%	$ 16,575	$ 24,244	$ 27,888	$ 27,319
2017-18 to 2021-22	151	52.6%	$ 16,575	$ 24,244	$ 28,929	$ 27,319

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	136	54.4%	$ 17,937	$ 26,774	$ 41,495	$ 57,745
2014-15 to 2018-19	135	52.7%	$ 18,804	$ 26,792	$ 43,115	$ 61,386
2015-16 to 2019-20	143	52.6%	$ 19,294	$ 34,690	$ 45,557	$ 67,426
2016-17 to 2020-21	148	53.0%	$ 19,294	$ 34,142	$ 45,876	$ 67,640
2017-18 to 2021-22	156	54.4%	$ 19,294	$ 34,959	$ 48,648	$ 73,892

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.