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Program Details
Longwood University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication Studies

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 090101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 10/1999

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 10/1999

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	207	218	64
2019-20	203	211	49
2020-21	205	206	54
2021-22	176	184	64
2022-23	157	166	52

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.19	121	$ 2,834

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.81	83

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	3	64
2019-20	46	3	49
2020-21	52	2	54
2021-22	62	2	64
2022-23	48	4	52
Five Year Summary	269	14	283

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	2	33	2	4	283	16	208	16	283

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)	217	56%	$48,001	$64,197	$84,839
2013-14 (8 years)	247	57%	$44,966	$58,430	$75,457
2016-17 (5 years)	284	61%	$38,401	$54,277	$64,658
2018-19 (3 years)	288	69%	$36,984	$48,142	$60,510
2020-21 (18 months)	269	67%	$25,621	$38,250	$47,453

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	160	58.0%	$ 17,944	$ 27,000	$ 28,995	$ 32,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	171	59.6%	$ 18,750	$ 27,000	$ 31,015	$ 34,228
2015-16 to 2019-20	173	62.2%	$ 22,000	$ 27,000	$ 33,982	$ 40,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	173	64.3%	$ 22,862	$ 27,000	$ 34,403	$ 41,036
2017-18 to 2021-22	184	67.6%	$ 21,500	$ 27,000	$ 34,692	$ 39,250

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	160	58.0%	$ 25,000	$ 45,284	$ 49,838	$ 71,563
2014-15 to 2018-19	171	59.6%	$ 25,000	$ 47,312	$ 51,625	$ 72,475
2015-16 to 2019-20	173	62.2%	$ 27,000	$ 55,786	$ 57,151	$ 81,911
2016-17 to 2020-21	175	65.1%	$ 27,000	$ 54,775	$ 57,538	$ 83,637
2017-18 to 2021-22	186	68.4%	$ 27,000	$ 54,979	$ 58,704	$ 84,171

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