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Program Details
James Madison University
Economics, General (45.0601)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	228	235	57
2021-22	219	215	85
2022-23	209	221	58
2023-24	219	231	80
2024-25	220	119	31

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	44	13	57
2021-22	64	21	85
2022-23	47	11	58
2023-24	53	27	80
2024-25	22	9	31
Five Year Summary	230	81	311

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	27	21	0	26	311	30	190	7	311

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)	229	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	182	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	241	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	636	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	147	46.2%	$ 13,854	$ 24,646	$ 26,614	$ 29,505
2016-17 to 2020-21	137	43.8%	$ 13,854	$ 25,619	$ 26,553	$ 30,678
2017-18 to 2021-22	143	42.9%	$ 13,854	$ 25,728	$ 26,764	$ 30,681
2018-19 to 2022-23	140	41.4%	$ 13,222	$ 24,739	$ 26,130	$ 30,190
2019-20 to 2023-24	143	41.9%	$ 13,854	$ 25,728	$ 28,505	$ 33,021

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	151	47.5%	$ 16,822	$ 26,719	$ 41,567	$ 55,509
2016-17 to 2020-21	140	44.7%	$ 16,664	$ 32,811	$ 45,498	$ 66,801
2017-18 to 2021-22	147	44.1%	$ 16,822	$ 31,929	$ 46,177	$ 68,987
2018-19 to 2022-23	144	42.6%	$ 16,049	$ 29,099	$ 44,093	$ 59,395
2019-20 to 2023-24	147	43.1%	$ 19,185	$ 31,793	$ 46,174	$ 65,314

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.