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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
2019-20	367	339	85
2020-21	446	407	101
2021-22	497	446	113
2022-23	524	471	140
2023-24	578	526	138

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.48	126

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.03	81

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	79	6	85
2020-21	91	10	101
2021-22	108	5	113
2022-23	130	10	140
2023-24	125	13	138
Five Year Summary	533	44	577

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	59	0	100	577	118	241	10	577

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)	583	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	625	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	551	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	924	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	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
2018-19 to 2022-23	296	57.7%	$ 14,398	$ 25,759	$ 28,427	$ 36,216

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	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
2018-19 to 2022-23	298	58.1%	$ 14,875	$ 27,336	$ 37,305	$ 49,859

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.