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Program Details
James Madison University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication Studies

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 090101

	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	1,522	1,605	415
2019-20	1,482	1,580	451
2020-21	1,428	1,509	433
2021-22	1,390	1,464	399
2022-23	1,516	1,613	413

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.10	125	$ 3,340

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.03	87

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	296	119	415
2019-20	310	141	451
2020-21	307	126	433
2021-22	287	112	399
2022-23	302	111	413
Five Year Summary	1,502	609	2,111

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	19	109	2	78	2,111	129	1,628	54	2,111

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)	1,788	32%	$57,715	$80,793	$114,019
2013-14 (8 years)	1,841	36%	$52,613	$72,672	$99,006
2016-17 (5 years)	1,900	37%	$44,676	$62,846	$84,965
2018-19 (3 years)	1,998	41%	$39,634	$55,148	$73,187
2020-21 (18 months)	2,073	45%	$27,871	$43,606	$55,582

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	954	51.8%	$ 13,856	$ 22,760	$ 25,280	$ 26,832
2014-15 to 2018-19	995	52.2%	$ 14,841	$ 24,245	$ 26,305	$ 28,704
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,033	51.9%	$ 14,876	$ 24,744	$ 28,419	$ 30,021
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,030	51.7%	$ 14,876	$ 24,742	$ 29,266	$ 30,672
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,012	50.4%	$ 15,336	$ 24,744	$ 30,318	$ 30,675

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	974	52.9%	$ 17,174	$ 28,698	$ 40,716	$ 58,188
2014-15 to 2018-19	1,013	53.2%	$ 17,565	$ 29,684	$ 42,317	$ 60,650
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,055	53.0%	$ 18,228	$ 30,236	$ 45,441	$ 68,690
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,052	52.8%	$ 18,492	$ 31,195	$ 46,545	$ 70,607
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,031	51.3%	$ 18,802	$ 33,106	$ 49,215	$ 75,929

More Details on Enrollment History.

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