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Program Details
George Mason University
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Individualized Study

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

Degree Title: BIS

2010 CIP Code: 240101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1975

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	268	159	89
2019-20	254	159	82
2020-21	214	148	90
2021-22	224	131	93
2022-23	226	152	82

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
11.89	130	$ 4,824

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
4.61	68

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	82	7	89
2019-20	75	7	82
2020-21	84	6	90
2021-22	85	8	93
2022-23	74	8	82
Five Year Summary	400	36	436

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	8	59	0	57	436	72	205	17	436

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)	348	41%	$56,537	$81,100	$132,562
2013-14 (8 years)	334	44%	$65,684	$87,342	$140,915
2016-17 (5 years)	317	51%	$48,830	$72,004	$111,090
2018-19 (3 years)	341	56%	$49,454	$69,311	$101,666
2020-21 (18 months)	702	58%	$83,965	$115,865	$162,293

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	165	52.2%	$ 12,725	$ 26,876	$ 28,588	$ 41,365
2014-15 to 2018-19	184	54.0%	$ 13,932	$ 27,827	$ 29,719	$ 42,214
2015-16 to 2019-20	204	56.2%	$ 14,426	$ 27,827	$ 30,712	$ 45,312
2016-17 to 2020-21	216	54.5%	$ 14,426	$ 27,169	$ 29,950	$ 40,864
2017-18 to 2021-22	242	58.2%	$ 13,950	$ 26,313	$ 28,834	$ 38,148

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	165	52.2%	$ 13,605	$ 27,457	$ 29,408	$ 41,444
2014-15 to 2018-19	184	54.0%	$ 14,025	$ 27,827	$ 30,136	$ 42,214
2015-16 to 2019-20	204	56.2%	$ 15,023	$ 27,827	$ 31,119	$ 45,312
2016-17 to 2020-21	216	54.5%	$ 14,752	$ 27,169	$ 30,445	$ 40,864
2017-18 to 2021-22	242	58.2%	$ 14,099	$ 26,313	$ 29,598	$ 38,341

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.