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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Area Studies, Other (05.0199)
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: 050199

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 12/2002

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	259	248	58
2019-20	244	240	55
2020-21	201	188	54
2021-22	162	147	41
2022-23	124	113	28

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.48	125	$ 2,757

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.56	81

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	53	5	58
2019-20	48	7	55
2020-21	52	2	54
2021-22	36	5	41
2022-23	26	2	28
Five Year Summary	215	21	236

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	8	49	0	24	236	35	100	3	236

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)	413	41%	$45,929	$63,053	$82,747
2013-14 (8 years)	444	41%	$40,138	$57,629	$78,559
2016-17 (5 years)	340	41%	$33,166	$50,747	$64,256
2018-19 (3 years)	308	47%	$29,690	$40,949	$53,949
2020-21 (18 months)	297	56%	$20,169	$33,770	$45,411

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	200	69.7%	$ 19,250	$ 27,000	$ 28,673	$ 33,697
2014-15 to 2018-19	197	70.1%	$ 18,750	$ 27,000	$ 28,028	$ 33,041
2015-16 to 2019-20	193	70.7%	$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 29,065	$ 33,351
2016-17 to 2020-21	201	71.8%	$ 17,429	$ 26,000	$ 29,378	$ 33,351
2017-18 to 2021-22	172	68.8%	$ 18,857	$ 26,722	$ 31,111	$ 36,500

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	200	69.7%	$ 19,602	$ 28,250	$ 33,235	$ 40,888
2014-15 to 2018-19	197	70.1%	$ 19,000	$ 28,000	$ 32,966	$ 39,536
2015-16 to 2019-20	193	70.7%	$ 19,500	$ 28,500	$ 34,521	$ 43,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	201	71.8%	$ 18,750	$ 27,427	$ 34,725	$ 43,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	172	68.8%	$ 19,500	$ 29,469	$ 37,459	$ 46,567

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.