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Program Details
James Madison University
Accounting (52.0301)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Accounting

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

Degree Title: BBA

2010 CIP Code: 520301

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1974

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	425	411	87
2021-22	397	388	89
2022-23	434	425	78
2023-24	462	473	96
2024-25	594	609	152

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	62	25	87
2021-22	60	29	89
2022-23	53	25	78
2023-24	72	24	96
2024-25	117	35	152
Five Year Summary	364	138	502

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	7	14	0	17	502	21	402	17	502

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)	639	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	626	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	667	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	1,262	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	286	45.3%	$ 16,376	$ 25,796	$ 29,935	$ 30,720
2016-17 to 2020-21	248	43.3%	$ 16,538	$ 26,716	$ 30,455	$ 31,877
2017-18 to 2021-22	235	44.4%	$ 14,842	$ 26,641	$ 30,500	$ 31,732
2018-19 to 2022-23	205	44.4%	$ 12,088	$ 24,963	$ 28,641	$ 30,677
2019-20 to 2023-24	200	44.2%	$ 11,191	$ 22,684	$ 28,461	$ 30,560

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	290	46.0%	$ 19,296	$ 30,435	$ 45,268	$ 63,216
2016-17 to 2020-21	252	44.0%	$ 20,142	$ 32,474	$ 47,092	$ 64,967
2017-18 to 2021-22	239	45.2%	$ 19,047	$ 31,732	$ 47,968	$ 65,573
2018-19 to 2022-23	207	44.8%	$ 14,844	$ 30,678	$ 45,700	$ 62,116
2019-20 to 2023-24	202	44.6%	$ 13,358	$ 30,681	$ 45,579	$ 62,686

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.