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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Public Administration (44.0401)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Public Administration

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

Degree Title: MPA

2010 CIP Code: 440401

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1988

Program authorized for distance learning

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	81	49	26
2019-20	72	40	37
2020-21	62	35	14
2021-22	55	31	28
2022-23	60	31	17

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,639

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	26	0	26
2019-20	31	6	37
2020-21	13	1	14
2021-22	26	2	28
2022-23	17	0	17
Five Year Summary	113	9	122

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	3	10	0	4	122	14	82	5	122

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)	129	49%	$80,289	$105,357	$152,773
2013-14 (8 years)	146	50%	$76,006	$101,727	$145,363
2016-17 (5 years)	170	49%	$65,787	$88,412	$117,750
2018-19 (3 years)	168	54%	$64,674	$84,499	$99,642
2020-21 (18 months)	151	59%	$53,086	$67,210	$84,945

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	70	38.3%	$ 20,500	$ 32,061	$ 31,944	$ 41,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	67	39.9%	$ 20,500	$ 32,547	$ 32,842	$ 41,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	69	39.9%	$ 20,500	$ 32,500	$ 34,405	$ 41,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	59	39.1%	$ 20,500	$ 35,900	$ 35,877	$ 41,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	60	40.5%	$ 20,500	$ 34,950	$ 34,954	$ 42,770

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	70	38.3%	$ 20,500	$ 35,035	$ 35,871	$ 46,400
2014-15 to 2018-19	67	39.9%	$ 20,500	$ 36,086	$ 37,175	$ 48,014
2015-16 to 2019-20	69	39.9%	$ 20,500	$ 36,086	$ 38,603	$ 50,640
2016-17 to 2020-21	59	39.1%	$ 22,000	$ 37,900	$ 39,765	$ 51,250
2017-18 to 2021-22	60	40.5%	$ 20,500	$ 36,293	$ 37,906	$ 51,250

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.