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Program Details
George Mason University
Mathematics and Computer Science (30.0801)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Computational and Data Sciences

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 300801

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2007

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2007

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	117	119	30
2020-21	159	167	31
2021-22	196	201	44
2022-23	253	264	48
2023-24	312	319	67

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.69	136	$ 5,376

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.69	102

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	9	1	10
2019-20	25	5	30
2020-21	26	5	31
2021-22	41	3	44
2022-23	44	4	48
Five Year Summary	145	18	163

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	12	15	0	50	163	13	60	4	163

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)		NaN
2018-19 (3 years)	16	50%
2020-21 (18 months)	74	55%	$45,632	$77,727	$89,949

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15 to 2018-19
2015-16 to 2019-20	29	69.0%	$ 20,287	$ 30,000	$ 35,631	$ 48,459
2016-17 to 2020-21	45	61.6%	$ 19,298	$ 28,396	$ 31,709	$ 39,139
2017-18 to 2021-22	71	60.7%	$ 14,626	$ 24,738	$ 29,627	$ 31,762

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
2014-15 to 2018-19
2015-16 to 2019-20	29	69.0%	$ 20,287	$ 36,116	$ 45,982	$ 53,308
2016-17 to 2020-21	45	61.6%	$ 19,298	$ 30,000	$ 38,737	$ 45,012
2017-18 to 2021-22	72	61.5%	$ 16,679	$ 26,489	$ 37,840	$ 42,916

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.