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Program Details
George Mason University
Sociology, General. (45.1101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Sociology

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	93	75	31
2020-21	93	83	21
2021-22	102	95	23
2022-23	134	118	37
2023-24	117	104	36

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.89	120

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.21	74

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
2019-20	27	4	31
2020-21	18	3	21
2021-22	17	6	23
2022-23	33	4	37
2023-24	30	6	36
Five Year Summary	125	23	148

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	6	22	0	15	148	37	49	5	148

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)	263	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	259	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	208	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	336	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	98	62.0%	$ 13,359	$ 23,506	$ 25,038	$ 33,310
2016-17 to 2020-21	81	60.9%	$ 12,013	$ 22,659	$ 22,696	$ 28,703
2017-18 to 2021-22	71	56.3%	$ 13,852	$ 23,009	$ 24,345	$ 29,663
2018-19 to 2022-23	72	52.6%	$ 14,110	$ 22,834	$ 26,620	$ 32,089

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	98	62.0%	$ 13,852	$ 24,017	$ 29,477	$ 40,954
2016-17 to 2020-21	81	60.9%	$ 13,358	$ 22,790	$ 26,746	$ 36,941
2017-18 to 2021-22	71	56.3%	$ 13,852	$ 23,011	$ 28,629	$ 39,170
2018-19 to 2022-23	72	52.6%	$ 14,603	$ 23,010	$ 31,506	$ 39,674

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.