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Program Details
George Mason University
Computer and Information Sciences, General (11.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Computer Science

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 110101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1980

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	1,809	1,650	315
2021-22	1,910	1,691	359
2022-23	2,086	1,867	355
2023-24	2,255	2,081	346
2024-25	2,333	2,118	425

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	283	32	315
2021-22	325	34	359
2022-23	320	35	355
2023-24	316	30	346
2024-25	375	50	425
Five Year Summary	1,619	181	1,800

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	147	131	0	696	1,800	157	546	51	1,800

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)	313	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	366	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	616	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	1,952	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	487	49.9%	$ 14,633	$ 24,736	$ 26,237	$ 34,634
2016-17 to 2020-21	596	51.3%	$ 14,348	$ 24,611	$ 26,579	$ 34,720
2017-18 to 2021-22	718	52.2%	$ 14,348	$ 23,741	$ 26,087	$ 31,198
2018-19 to 2022-23	809	52.2%	$ 14,597	$ 23,999	$ 26,027	$ 30,920
2019-20 to 2023-24	849	51.1%	$ 13,926	$ 23,254	$ 26,424	$ 30,923

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	489	50.1%	$ 15,584	$ 25,972	$ 30,834	$ 40,567
2016-17 to 2020-21	599	51.5%	$ 14,966	$ 25,760	$ 31,440	$ 41,556
2017-18 to 2021-22	721	52.4%	$ 14,844	$ 24,742	$ 30,992	$ 40,324
2018-19 to 2022-23	812	52.4%	$ 14,844	$ 25,730	$ 31,390	$ 40,294
2019-20 to 2023-24	852	51.3%	$ 14,548	$ 25,422	$ 31,830	$ 40,320

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.