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Program Details
Christopher Newport 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	289	282	80
2019-20	279	279	77
2020-21	253	245	87
2021-22	219	217	74
2022-23	208	101	61

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.12	121	$ 2,864

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.85	76

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	70	10	80
2019-20	74	3	77
2020-21	81	6	87
2021-22	68	6	74
2022-23	56	5	61
Five Year Summary	349	30	379

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	1	24	3	5	379	29	280	9	379

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2009-10 (10 years)	467	48%	$50,430	$66,644	$89,423
2011-12 (8 years)	461	49%	$46,613	$60,523	$80,045
2014-15 (5 years)	428	57%	$35,695	$51,244	$70,042
2016-17 (3 years)	421	56%	$31,010	$47,156	$59,736
2018-19 (18 months)	415	57%	$23,334	$37,013	$50,010

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	215	58.1%	$ 19,302	$ 26,718	$ 30,514	$ 35,220
2014-15 to 2018-19	217	59.8%	$ 19,302	$ 26,718	$ 31,226	$ 36,298
2015-16 to 2019-20	219	60.2%	$ 20,706	$ 26,720	$ 32,370	$ 36,720
2016-17 to 2020-21	219	61.2%	$ 20,285	$ 26,720	$ 33,020	$ 36,720
2017-18 to 2021-22	203	58.5%	$ 19,049	$ 26,718	$ 31,710	$ 36,172

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	215	58.1%	$ 20,783	$ 31,303	$ 41,741	$ 60,895
2014-15 to 2018-19	217	59.8%	$ 20,783	$ 32,994	$ 41,680	$ 58,710
2015-16 to 2019-20	219	60.2%	$ 21,796	$ 32,994	$ 42,733	$ 58,361
2016-17 to 2020-21	219	61.2%	$ 22,946	$ 33,147	$ 44,476	$ 59,270
2017-18 to 2021-22	203	58.5%	$ 20,780	$ 31,416	$ 44,990	$ 59,270

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.