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Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Political Science and Government, General (45.1001)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Political Science

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451001

	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	688	681	188
2019-20	679	662	189
2020-21	693	662	190
2021-22	645	620	192
2022-23	590	564	157

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.52	121	$ 3,025

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.56	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	182	6	188
2019-20	175	14	189
2020-21	177	13	190
2021-22	179	13	192
2022-23	150	7	157
Five Year Summary	863	53	916

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	25	190	1	89	916	99	437	8	916

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)	513	43%	$47,934	$67,225	$94,672
2013-14 (8 years)	598	46%	$48,818	$65,714	$88,518
2016-17 (5 years)	732	50%	$40,258	$56,722	$77,546
2018-19 (3 years)	814	50%	$30,995	$47,657	$63,490
2020-21 (18 months)	879	53%	$23,834	$37,687	$50,745

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	469	70.0%	$ 19,124	$ 27,000	$ 29,295	$ 36,942
2014-15 to 2018-19	506	70.3%	$ 18,750	$ 27,000	$ 29,752	$ 37,933
2015-16 to 2019-20	524	68.9%	$ 17,938	$ 27,000	$ 29,898	$ 37,061
2016-17 to 2020-21	531	67.6%	$ 17,750	$ 27,000	$ 30,116	$ 36,913
2017-18 to 2021-22	549	66.9%	$ 17,446	$ 27,000	$ 30,211	$ 35,846

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	469	70.0%	$ 19,500	$ 29,175	$ 34,013	$ 44,202
2014-15 to 2018-19	506	70.3%	$ 19,732	$ 29,708	$ 34,534	$ 45,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	524	68.9%	$ 19,221	$ 29,694	$ 35,743	$ 47,288
2016-17 to 2020-21	531	67.6%	$ 19,500	$ 30,946	$ 37,141	$ 49,547
2017-18 to 2021-22	549	66.9%	$ 19,012	$ 29,833	$ 37,594	$ 49,374

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.