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Program Details
Radford University
Journalism (09.0401)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Media Studies

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 090401

	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	230	224	70
2019-20	192	190	57
2020-21	153	149	41
2021-22	124	113	44
2022-23	92	83	33

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.50	125	$ 2,084

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.98	82

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	69	1	70
2019-20	55	2	57
2020-21	37	4	41
2021-22	40	4	44
2022-23	30	3	33
Five Year Summary	231	14	245

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	52	0	4	245	11	151	9	245

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)	471	49%	$41,689	$61,108	$85,147
2013-14 (8 years)	409	48%	$39,442	$58,993	$77,282
2016-17 (5 years)	365	58%	$32,473	$49,648	$68,195
2018-19 (3 years)	351	59%	$29,401	$40,191	$57,722
2020-21 (18 months)	308	63%	$19,279	$27,474	$42,839

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	247	71.2%	$ 17,006	$ 26,718	$ 28,449	$ 34,736
2014-15 to 2018-19	242	69.9%	$ 17,967	$ 26,720	$ 29,419	$ 34,736
2015-16 to 2019-20	233	70.2%	$ 20,072	$ 26,720	$ 30,488	$ 37,337
2016-17 to 2020-21	210	69.1%	$ 20,303	$ 26,720	$ 30,874	$ 37,678
2017-18 to 2021-22	195	70.1%	$ 21,276	$ 26,722	$ 31,283	$ 34,884

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	248	71.5%	$ 17,766	$ 28,618	$ 34,486	$ 45,869
2014-15 to 2018-19	243	70.2%	$ 20,679	$ 29,941	$ 36,125	$ 48,529
2015-16 to 2019-20	234	70.5%	$ 21,278	$ 30,697	$ 37,186	$ 48,787
2016-17 to 2020-21	212	69.7%	$ 22,265	$ 31,901	$ 38,702	$ 51,812
2017-18 to 2021-22	197	70.9%	$ 23,009	$ 31,213	$ 39,273	$ 51,784

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.