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Program Details
Randolph-Macon College
Communication, General (09.0100)
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: XXXXXX

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/2012

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	126	130	40
2019-20	117	120	41
2020-21	105	107	41
2021-22	81	78	35
2022-23	76	68	13

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.95	115	$ 2,634

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.98	84

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	10	40
2019-20	30	11	41
2020-21	29	12	41
2021-22	26	9	35
2022-23	12	1	13
Five Year Summary	127	43	170

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	14	0	1	170	6	141	1	170

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)	42	62%	$52,999	$57,047	$76,348
2016-17 (5 years)	151	60%	$48,010	$59,189	$80,048
2018-19 (3 years)	181	63%	$41,224	$53,193	$62,227
2020-21 (18 months)	198	61%	$27,067	$41,681	$51,556

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	108	73.5%	$ 25,000	$ 27,922	$ 33,494	$ 40,215
2014-15 to 2018-19	115	71.4%	$ 20,422	$ 27,000	$ 30,656	$ 38,491
2015-16 to 2019-20	122	72.2%	$ 21,996	$ 26,844	$ 30,646	$ 38,046
2016-17 to 2020-21	125	74.4%	$ 23,046	$ 26,844	$ 30,915	$ 38,046
2017-18 to 2021-22	113	72.0%	$ 23,048	$ 26,876	$ 31,624	$ 39,526

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	108	73.5%	$ 26,961	$ 55,674	$ 59,339	$ 86,300
2014-15 to 2018-19	115	71.4%	$ 24,052	$ 48,976	$ 55,083	$ 83,210
2015-16 to 2019-20	122	72.2%	$ 24,740	$ 50,303	$ 56,986	$ 83,313
2016-17 to 2020-21	125	74.4%	$ 25,844	$ 46,798	$ 55,789	$ 81,767
2017-18 to 2021-22	113	72.0%	$ 25,884	$ 42,720	$ 55,020	$ 76,620

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.