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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication

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	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1975

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	683	735	227
2019-20	757	820	178
2020-21	838	864	261
2021-22	783	841	219
2022-23	891	952	225

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.04	123	$ 2,933

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.03	91

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	175	52	227
2019-20	147	31	178
2020-21	204	57	261
2021-22	175	44	219
2022-23	180	45	225
Five Year Summary	881	229	1,110

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	6	74	5	59	1,110	71	817	22	1,110

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)	1,101	34%	$57,530	$79,469	$116,441
2013-14 (8 years)	1,124	35%	$53,399	$74,524	$103,669
2016-17 (5 years)	1,035	39%	$48,672	$63,723	$84,860
2018-19 (3 years)	1,024	42%	$41,587	$56,321	$71,612
2020-21 (18 months)	1,042	44%	$28,214	$43,621	$55,416

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	499	52.1%	$ 15,447	$ 26,000	$ 27,000	$ 31,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	523	52.6%	$ 15,500	$ 26,000	$ 28,169	$ 31,376
2015-16 to 2019-20	509	51.9%	$ 15,500	$ 25,972	$ 28,689	$ 31,151
2016-17 to 2020-21	543	53.4%	$ 16,500	$ 26,000	$ 29,001	$ 31,400
2017-18 to 2021-22	571	54.0%	$ 15,000	$ 25,500	$ 28,350	$ 31,000

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	503	52.6%	$ 18,000	$ 27,000	$ 37,885	$ 48,322
2014-15 to 2018-19	527	53.0%	$ 18,309	$ 27,437	$ 39,949	$ 53,298
2015-16 to 2019-20	513	52.3%	$ 18,750	$ 27,150	$ 41,675	$ 57,837
2016-17 to 2020-21	546	53.7%	$ 19,000	$ 28,150	$ 42,729	$ 60,502
2017-18 to 2021-22	575	54.3%	$ 17,750	$ 27,000	$ 40,627	$ 54,676

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