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Program Details
Radford University
Design and Visual Communications, General (50.0401)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Design

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

Degree Title: BFA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 500401

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1988

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	162	156	31
2019-20	167	159	29
2020-21	167	153	36
2021-22	132	130	23
2022-23	124	119	29

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.19	128	$ 2,472

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
4.28	101

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	30	1	31
2019-20	24	5	29
2020-21	32	4	36
2021-22	20	3	23
2022-23	24	5	29
Five Year Summary	130	18	148

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	39	0	1	148	11	88	4	148

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)	268	35%	$43,206	$62,502	$88,401
2013-14 (8 years)	248	41%	$43,316	$53,259	$72,268
2016-17 (5 years)	208	45%	$36,143	$48,203	$64,414
2018-19 (3 years)	204	50%	$30,539	$44,174	$58,509
2020-21 (18 months)	182	62%	$22,961	$34,340	$47,044

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	149	69.6%	$ 21,318	$ 26,724	$ 28,730	$ 33,686
2014-15 to 2018-19	151	74.0%	$ 21,934	$ 26,724	$ 29,071	$ 33,390
2015-16 to 2019-20	146	75.3%	$ 23,009	$ 26,847	$ 30,362	$ 34,387
2016-17 to 2020-21	136	74.7%	$ 23,008	$ 27,711	$ 31,620	$ 36,829
2017-18 to 2021-22	133	77.3%	$ 24,744	$ 28,695	$ 33,413	$ 38,636

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	149	69.6%	$ 23,013	$ 30,682	$ 36,688	$ 48,897
2014-15 to 2018-19	151	74.0%	$ 23,260	$ 30,714	$ 37,428	$ 48,468
2015-16 to 2019-20	146	75.3%	$ 24,740	$ 32,227	$ 38,852	$ 48,536
2016-17 to 2020-21	136	74.7%	$ 24,740	$ 34,208	$ 41,056	$ 55,244
2017-18 to 2021-22	133	77.3%	$ 25,731	$ 35,539	$ 43,788	$ 56,151

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.