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Program Details
George Mason University
International Relations and Affairs (45.0901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Global Affairs

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 450901

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1976

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2003

Date Program Closed:

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	658	671	173
2020-21	655	647	180
2021-22	576	552	166
2022-23	512	484	120
2023-24	469	460	121

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.62	121	$ 5,363

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.13	87

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	137	50	187
2019-20	126	47	173
2020-21	133	47	180
2021-22	101	65	166
2022-23	73	47	120
Five Year Summary	570	256	826

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	148	66	3	115	826	153	276	15	826

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)	703	32%	$52,784	$78,408	$116,205
2013-14 (8 years)	894	34%	$51,196	$72,799	$101,989
2016-17 (5 years)	969	35%	$45,834	$62,092	$83,335
2018-19 (3 years)	935	37%	$39,790	$55,696	$72,922
2020-21 (18 months)	897	43%	$25,241	$42,282	$57,353

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	587	63.6%	$ 14,846	$ 24,748	$ 27,474	$ 31,513
2014-15 to 2018-19	578	63.6%	$ 14,844	$ 24,680	$ 28,026	$ 31,662
2015-16 to 2019-20	530	60.0%	$ 15,338	$ 24,892	$ 29,029	$ 32,555
2016-17 to 2020-21	500	57.5%	$ 15,463	$ 24,739	$ 29,438	$ 32,727
2017-18 to 2021-22	490	56.2%	$ 14,530	$ 24,252	$ 29,113	$ 32,362

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	588	63.7%	$ 16,498	$ 26,722	$ 35,049	$ 41,428
2014-15 to 2018-19	579	63.7%	$ 16,202	$ 26,720	$ 35,376	$ 43,276
2015-16 to 2019-20	531	60.1%	$ 16,574	$ 26,720	$ 35,904	$ 44,388
2016-17 to 2020-21	501	57.6%	$ 16,698	$ 26,718	$ 36,754	$ 46,440
2017-18 to 2021-22	490	56.2%	$ 15,258	$ 26,716	$ 37,148	$ 47,007

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.