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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
2020-21	537	494	160
2021-22	459	421	153
2022-23	423	377	139
2023-24	368	348	105
2024-25	361	319	120

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

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

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
2020-21	130	30	160
2021-22	134	19	153
2022-23	114	25	139
2023-24	94	11	105
2024-25	106	14	120
Five Year Summary	578	99	677

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	21	98	0	70	677	125	299	23	677

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	161	62.9%	$ 13,676	$ 24,744	$ 27,514	$ 32,657
2017-18 to 2021-22	244	59.7%	$ 13,329	$ 24,741	$ 28,192	$ 34,136
2018-19 to 2022-23	329	60.0%	$ 13,111	$ 24,495	$ 28,785	$ 33,970
2019-20 to 2023-24	388	59.4%	$ 12,866	$ 23,193	$ 28,166	$ 33,628

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	161	62.9%	$ 13,854	$ 26,718	$ 36,974	$ 42,549
2017-18 to 2021-22	245	59.9%	$ 13,854	$ 26,718	$ 35,624	$ 41,308
2018-19 to 2022-23	331	60.4%	$ 13,359	$ 25,728	$ 35,788	$ 42,549
2019-20 to 2023-24	390	59.7%	$ 13,299	$ 24,744	$ 34,257	$ 41,308

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.