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Program Details
Virginia Tech
International Relations and Affairs (45.0901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

International Studies

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 450901

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	542	567	108
2019-20	582	636	137
2020-21	618	642	154
2021-22	534	555	126
2022-23	502	523	130

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.00	124	$ 3,636

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.91	93

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	90	18	108
2019-20	119	18	137
2020-21	121	33	154
2021-22	98	28	126
2022-23	102	28	130
Five Year Summary	530	125	655

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	26	1	51	655	90	414	20	655

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)	478	30%	$55,520	$78,020	$116,453
2013-14 (8 years)	517	28%	$54,069	$70,864	$108,159
2016-17 (5 years)	523	28%	$46,761	$63,908	$89,787
2018-19 (3 years)	521	33%	$35,296	$53,326	$71,644
2020-21 (18 months)	598	36%	$25,842	$42,977	$63,650

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	248	50.4%	$ 19,174	$ 27,000	$ 29,440	$ 31,133
2014-15 to 2018-19	257	50.7%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 30,010	$ 31,800
2015-16 to 2019-20	272	51.0%	$ 19,109	$ 27,000	$ 31,394	$ 34,098
2016-17 to 2020-21	295	50.3%	$ 17,904	$ 27,000	$ 32,603	$ 36,850
2017-18 to 2021-22	303	49.6%	$ 18,760	$ 26,922	$ 32,310	$ 35,451

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	249	50.6%	$ 20,500	$ 28,000	$ 36,083	$ 47,055
2014-15 to 2018-19	258	50.9%	$ 20,133	$ 28,000	$ 38,243	$ 51,787
2015-16 to 2019-20	274	51.4%	$ 20,000	$ 29,000	$ 40,712	$ 56,162
2016-17 to 2020-21	297	50.7%	$ 19,500	$ 29,000	$ 42,168	$ 57,079
2017-18 to 2021-22	305	49.9%	$ 19,500	$ 28,922	$ 43,673	$ 59,500

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.