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Program Details
James Madison University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication Studies

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 090101

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

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
2020-21	1,428	1,509	433
2021-22	1,390	1,464	399
2022-23	1,516	1,613	413
2023-24	1,551	1,642	439
2024-25	870	919	291

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

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

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
2020-21	307	126	433
2021-22	287	112	399
2022-23	302	111	413
2023-24	328	111	439
2024-25	211	80	291
Five Year Summary	1,435	540	1,975

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	15	78	1	65	1,975	117	1,587	36	1,975

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)	1,830	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	1,852	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	1,932	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	4,146	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	1,073	51.8%	$ 14,844	$ 24,744	$ 28,254	$ 30,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,068	51.5%	$ 14,844	$ 24,740	$ 29,140	$ 30,431
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,045	50.2%	$ 15,148	$ 24,742	$ 30,241	$ 30,674
2018-19 to 2022-23	1,043	49.4%	$ 16,328	$ 25,234	$ 31,707	$ 32,679
2019-20 to 2023-24	1,004	47.0%	$ 15,294	$ 25,395	$ 33,127	$ 36,670

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	1,095	52.8%	$ 18,059	$ 30,303	$ 45,450	$ 68,707
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,090	52.6%	$ 18,310	$ 30,878	$ 46,567	$ 70,729
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,064	51.1%	$ 18,802	$ 33,445	$ 49,325	$ 75,950
2018-19 to 2022-23	1,068	50.6%	$ 19,298	$ 35,055	$ 50,490	$ 77,016
2019-20 to 2023-24	1,032	48.3%	$ 19,298	$ 36,586	$ 51,538	$ 78,738

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.