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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
English Language and Literature, General (23.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

English

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 230101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	384	360	125
2019-20	383	382	108
2020-21	391	376	99
2021-22	404	360	118
2022-23	336	307	101

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.68	117	$ 2,541

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.94	77

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	122	3	125
2019-20	107	1	108
2020-21	96	3	99
2021-22	111	7	118
2022-23	95	6	101
Five Year Summary	531	20	551

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	71	0	26	551	46	351	11	551

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)	678	53%	$41,499	$56,863	$70,676
2013-14 (8 years)	724	53%	$42,405	$55,671	$66,770
2016-17 (5 years)	690	57%	$32,859	$45,928	$58,493
2018-19 (3 years)	641	60%	$26,274	$39,588	$52,815
2020-21 (18 months)	581	62%	$19,789	$29,070	$41,018

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	440	67.6%	$ 17,750	$ 27,000	$ 28,389	$ 35,492
2014-15 to 2018-19	420	67.0%	$ 17,597	$ 27,000	$ 29,564	$ 37,007
2015-16 to 2019-20	387	64.8%	$ 17,694	$ 27,000	$ 29,697	$ 37,998
2016-17 to 2020-21	371	67.0%	$ 17,500	$ 27,000	$ 30,705	$ 40,750
2017-18 to 2021-22	361	66.5%	$ 16,298	$ 25,000	$ 29,739	$ 37,750

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	441	67.7%	$ 19,500	$ 28,950	$ 32,582	$ 42,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	420	67.0%	$ 18,778	$ 28,751	$ 33,736	$ 45,718
2015-16 to 2019-20	387	64.8%	$ 18,750	$ 28,751	$ 33,783	$ 46,908
2016-17 to 2020-21	371	67.0%	$ 18,634	$ 29,250	$ 35,341	$ 48,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	362	66.7%	$ 17,000	$ 27,615	$ 34,275	$ 46,667

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.