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Program Details
George Mason University
Visual and Performing Arts, General (50.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Art and Visual Technology

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

Degree Title: BFA/BA

2010 CIP Code: 500101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1982

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 02/2011

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	353	316	76
2019-20	367	339	85
2020-21	446	407	101
2021-22	497	446	113
2022-23	524	471	140

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.57	128	$ 3,057

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.43	85

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	67	9	76
2019-20	79	6	85
2020-21	91	10	101
2021-22	108	5	113
2022-23	130	10	140
Five Year Summary	475	40	515

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	17	47	0	93	515	100	213	10	515

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)	601	42%	$46,336	$70,694	$96,435
2013-14 (8 years)	624	45%	$46,027	$70,210	$91,679
2016-17 (5 years)	577	45%	$36,131	$56,421	$75,673
2018-19 (3 years)	496	50%	$28,387	$48,065	$63,783
2020-21 (18 months)	799	53%	$39,954	$64,247	$97,246

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	317	58.0%	$ 16,487	$ 26,675	$ 29,045	$ 36,110
2014-15 to 2018-19	281	57.1%	$ 15,841	$ 26,720	$ 30,421	$ 39,088
2015-16 to 2019-20	260	56.6%	$ 17,400	$ 26,720	$ 31,049	$ 38,992
2016-17 to 2020-21	267	59.6%	$ 16,576	$ 26,720	$ 31,451	$ 40,824
2017-18 to 2021-22	266	56.5%	$ 15,342	$ 26,718	$ 29,992	$ 37,180

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	317	58.0%	$ 17,500	$ 28,414	$ 34,671	$ 45,374
2014-15 to 2018-19	281	57.1%	$ 16,328	$ 28,701	$ 36,273	$ 47,570
2015-16 to 2019-20	261	56.9%	$ 18,554	$ 30,020	$ 38,186	$ 50,235
2016-17 to 2020-21	268	59.8%	$ 17,079	$ 29,729	$ 39,224	$ 51,012
2017-18 to 2021-22	268	56.9%	$ 16,204	$ 29,003	$ 38,093	$ 50,005

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.