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Program Details
George Mason University
Curriculum and Instruction (13.0301)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Curriculum and Instruction

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

Degree Title: MED

2010 CIP Code: 130301

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1989

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	799	524	412
2020-21	725	476	422
2021-22	579	370	290
2022-23	488	299	267
2023-24	459	282	228

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

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	349	63	412
2020-21	371	51	422
2021-22	260	30	290
2022-23	236	31	267
2023-24	199	29	228
Five Year Summary	1,415	204	1,619

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	39	104	3	184	1,619	196	1,007	58	1,619

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)	2,007	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	2,037	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	1,952	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	3,886	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	776	39.9%	$ 17,810	$ 27,694	$ 28,446	$ 40,564
2016-17 to 2020-21	783	38.8%	$ 17,513	$ 25,230	$ 27,694	$ 38,129
2017-18 to 2021-22	779	39.8%	$ 17,912	$ 24,734	$ 27,319	$ 37,376
2018-19 to 2022-23	729	40.4%	$ 17,730	$ 24,067	$ 26,758	$ 36,607

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	779	40.1%	$ 17,811	$ 28,197	$ 30,839	$ 40,564
2016-17 to 2020-21	786	38.9%	$ 17,483	$ 26,406	$ 29,490	$ 40,320
2017-18 to 2021-22	781	39.9%	$ 17,912	$ 25,407	$ 28,981	$ 39,080
2018-19 to 2022-23	731	40.5%	$ 17,730	$ 24,858	$ 28,240	$ 38,053

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.