Program Wage and Debt Outcomes by Institution home page

Program Details
Virginia Commonwealth University
Accounting (52.0301)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Accounting

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 520301

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	192	171	58
2019-20	179	150	74
2020-21	152	136	61
2021-22	157	147	52
2022-23	142	137	79

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.90	136	$ 4,638

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.46	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	58	0	58
2019-20	69	5	74
2020-21	57	4	61
2021-22	51	1	52
2022-23	69	10	79
Five Year Summary	304	20	324

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	13	56	0	60	324	28	135	9	324

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)	493	58%	$68,419	$90,396	$116,952
2013-14 (8 years)	581	59%	$62,482	$84,474	$109,585
2016-17 (5 years)	546	64%	$56,967	$72,812	$92,774
2018-19 (3 years)	459	69%	$54,861	$66,716	$79,960
2020-21 (18 months)	378	70%	$44,915	$58,851	$68,301

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	348	68.4%	$ 17,975	$ 27,875	$ 29,317	$ 38,374
2014-15 to 2018-19	301	65.6%	$ 17,169	$ 27,651	$ 29,422	$ 38,047
2015-16 to 2019-20	280	64.1%	$ 16,243	$ 27,406	$ 29,403	$ 37,625
2016-17 to 2020-21	238	63.0%	$ 15,455	$ 27,000	$ 29,323	$ 37,286
2017-18 to 2021-22	220	65.3%	$ 15,625	$ 27,000	$ 30,251	$ 41,196

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	349	68.6%	$ 18,000	$ 28,565	$ 31,905	$ 42,708
2014-15 to 2018-19	301	65.6%	$ 17,750	$ 28,500	$ 32,066	$ 42,950
2015-16 to 2019-20	280	64.1%	$ 17,046	$ 29,000	$ 32,846	$ 45,965
2016-17 to 2020-21	238	63.0%	$ 15,750	$ 27,654	$ 32,117	$ 45,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	221	65.6%	$ 16,550	$ 28,500	$ 33,131	$ 46,450

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.