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Program Details
Shenandoah University
Physician Assistant (51.0912)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Physician Assistant

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

Degree Title: MS

2010 CIP Code: 510912

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	165	208	52
2019-20	171	224	49
2020-21	178	216	57
2021-22	180	217	62
2022-23	172	209	56

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 9,869

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	27	25	52
2019-20	22	27	49
2020-21	34	23	57
2021-22	33	29	62
2022-23	44	12	56
Five Year Summary	160	116	276

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	3	0	4	276	10	65	189	276

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)	161	30%	$99,612	$122,049	$144,747
2013-14 (8 years)	169	32%	$98,987	$121,932	$154,627
2016-17 (5 years)	182	34%	$98,313	$118,293	$145,967
2018-19 (3 years)	208	44%	$95,667	$115,328	$134,855
2020-21 (18 months)	236	42%	$96,915	$110,916	$128,408

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	166	86.9%	$ 40,584	$ 52,944	$ 47,784	$ 55,665
2014-15 to 2018-19	177	85.1%	$ 40,584	$ 52,448	$ 47,665	$ 53,760
2015-16 to 2019-20	181	83.4%	$ 42,423	$ 52,448	$ 47,418	$ 53,760
2016-17 to 2020-21	195	82.6%	$ 41,183	$ 49,018	$ 46,157	$ 53,760
2017-18 to 2021-22	218	83.5%	$ 43,167	$ 49,305	$ 47,296	$ 54,720

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	166	86.9%	$ 53,240	$ 77,463	$ 80,829	$ 111,827
2014-15 to 2018-19	177	85.1%	$ 53,240	$ 83,033	$ 84,529	$ 115,281
2015-16 to 2019-20	181	83.4%	$ 53,240	$ 83,035	$ 84,603	$ 115,306
2016-17 to 2020-21	195	82.6%	$ 55,780	$ 94,100	$ 89,326	$ 118,886
2017-18 to 2021-22	218	83.5%	$ 69,006	$ 104,203	$ 98,006	$ 127,280

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.