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Program Details
James Madison University
History, General (54.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

History

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 540101

	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	208	219	56
2019-20	228	234	62
2020-21	234	244	66
2021-22	267	272	61
2022-23	270	280	69

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.28	126	$ 2,358

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.97	77

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	43	13	56
2019-20	56	6	62
2020-21	53	13	66
2021-22	59	2	61
2022-23	53	16	69
Five Year Summary	264	50	314

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	11	0	11	314	12	258	9	314

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)	513	46%	$51,809	$65,637	$92,690
2013-14 (8 years)	556	50%	$49,354	$60,849	$79,240
2016-17 (5 years)	435	51%	$41,700	$55,778	$69,037
2018-19 (3 years)	358	56%	$36,593	$52,417	$64,704
2020-21 (18 months)	331	55%	$21,595	$28,615	$39,525

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	213	56.2%	$ 13,856	$ 23,037	$ 25,449	$ 29,846
2014-15 to 2018-19	198	58.6%	$ 13,852	$ 22,924	$ 26,033	$ 29,846
2015-16 to 2019-20	190	61.1%	$ 13,852	$ 24,111	$ 27,321	$ 30,682
2016-17 to 2020-21	184	59.2%	$ 14,281	$ 24,814	$ 29,197	$ 35,368
2017-18 to 2021-22	169	56.0%	$ 14,844	$ 25,730	$ 29,997	$ 37,944

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	220	58.0%	$ 17,380	$ 27,581	$ 38,286	$ 52,535
2014-15 to 2018-19	203	60.1%	$ 16,385	$ 28,756	$ 39,808	$ 55,262
2015-16 to 2019-20	192	61.7%	$ 15,464	$ 31,460	$ 42,782	$ 61,510
2016-17 to 2020-21	186	59.8%	$ 17,318	$ 31,748	$ 42,084	$ 63,496
2017-18 to 2021-22	170	56.3%	$ 19,049	$ 32,568	$ 42,592	$ 65,066

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.