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Program Details
Virginia State University
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Ot... (09.0999)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Media Management

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

Degree Title: MA

2010 CIP Code: 090999

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2009

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 01/2007

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	16	13	10
2019-20	13	11	2
2020-21	13	10	2
2021-22	16	9	8
2022-23	13	8	3

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 3,894

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	7	3	10
2019-20	0	2	2
2020-21	1	1	2
2021-22	4	4	8
2022-23	2	1	3
Five Year Summary	14	11	25

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	12	9	0	0	25	0	0	4	25

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)	22	18%
2016-17 (5 years)	49	35%	$25,570	$44,562	$58,229
2018-19 (3 years)	54	37%	$22,680	$41,712	$55,521
2020-21 (18 months)	35	29%	$37,195	$52,420	$59,926

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	42	77.8%	$ 40,564	$ 40,582	$ 46,005	$ 50,585
2014-15 to 2018-19	38	70.4%	$ 40,564	$ 40,666	$ 47,682	$ 56,079
2015-16 to 2019-20	25	59.5%	$ 40,564	$ 41,389	$ 50,675	$ 60,850
2016-17 to 2020-21	17	48.6%	$ 35,122	$ 40,572	$ 50,498	$ 62,330
2017-18 to 2021-22	13	36.1%	$ 40,564	$ 54,190	$ 50,565	$ 62,330

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	42	77.8%	$ 40,568	$ 40,582	$ 47,263	$ 50,709
2014-15 to 2018-19	38	70.4%	$ 40,564	$ 43,227	$ 49,072	$ 58,375
2015-16 to 2019-20	25	59.5%	$ 40,564	$ 50,709	$ 52,513	$ 62,330
2016-17 to 2020-21	17	48.6%	$ 35,122	$ 54,190	$ 52,808	$ 66,672
2017-18 to 2021-22	13	36.1%	$ 40,568	$ 56,079	$ 53,586	$ 66,672

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.