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Program Details
George Mason University
Neuroscience (26.1501)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Neuroscience

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 302401

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2007

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2006

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	304	301	61
2019-20	297	290	66
2020-21	298	306	72
2021-22	290	290	71
2022-23	283	288	81

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.53	133	$ 2,510

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.13	89

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	52	9	61
2019-20	56	10	66
2020-21	67	5	72
2021-22	69	2	71
2022-23	71	10	81
Five Year Summary	315	36	351

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	13	38	0	100	351	45	129	9	351

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)	66	35%	$57,107	$85,880	$130,704
2013-14 (8 years)	143	34%	$46,511	$81,239	$126,918
2016-17 (5 years)	268	36%	$37,902	$60,518	$90,413
2018-19 (3 years)	314	39%	$20,362	$38,250	$64,681
2020-21 (18 months)	335	48%	$15,858	$27,310	$44,046

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	167	57.8%	$ 10,884	$ 22,778	$ 23,787	$ 30,737
2014-15 to 2018-19	168	56.0%	$ 10,942	$ 22,636	$ 25,598	$ 31,188
2015-16 to 2019-20	162	52.8%	$ 12,368	$ 24,882	$ 26,923	$ 31,564
2016-17 to 2020-21	169	53.1%	$ 13,856	$ 25,724	$ 30,615	$ 35,871
2017-18 to 2021-22	172	54.1%	$ 14,226	$ 26,667	$ 30,938	$ 36,937

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	167	57.8%	$ 11,627	$ 25,256	$ 29,352	$ 36,700
2014-15 to 2018-19	168	56.0%	$ 11,314	$ 25,311	$ 32,643	$ 40,039
2015-16 to 2019-20	162	52.8%	$ 13,358	$ 26,715	$ 37,074	$ 43,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	169	53.1%	$ 14,842	$ 28,699	$ 42,448	$ 59,734
2017-18 to 2021-22	172	54.1%	$ 15,141	$ 30,661	$ 43,585	$ 60,694

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.