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Program Details
George Mason University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 231001

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1980

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 01/2010

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	0	245	96
2020-21	537	494	160
2021-22	459	421	153
2022-23	423	377	139
2023-24	368	348	105

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.73	128

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.92	69

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
2019-20	75	21	96
2020-21	130	30	160
2021-22	134	19	153
2022-23	114	25	139
2023-24	94	11	105
Five Year Summary	547	106	653

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	23	103	0	68	653	115	285	18	653

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2012-13 (10 years)		NaN
2014-15 (8 years)		NaN
2017-18 (5 years)		NaN
2019-20 (3 years)	192	0%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	64	66.7%	$ 18,800	$ 26,677	$ 32,513	$ 35,678
2016-17 to 2020-21	159	62.6%	$ 13,676	$ 24,777	$ 27,695	$ 32,953
2017-18 to 2021-22	242	59.5%	$ 13,358	$ 24,744	$ 28,317	$ 34,136
2018-19 to 2022-23	327	59.9%	$ 13,111	$ 24,646	$ 28,881	$ 34,045

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	64	66.7%	$ 19,295	$ 31,560	$ 46,242	$ 52,265
2016-17 to 2020-21	159	62.6%	$ 13,854	$ 26,718	$ 37,217	$ 43,294
2017-18 to 2021-22	243	59.7%	$ 13,854	$ 26,718	$ 35,772	$ 41,321
2018-19 to 2022-23	329	60.3%	$ 13,390	$ 25,728	$ 35,898	$ 42,549

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.