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Program Details
Norfolk State University
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other (09.9999)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mass Communications

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 099999

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1975

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2017-18	252	253	40
2018-19	299	287	46
2019-20	309	294	64
2020-21	244	231	44
2021-22	242	226	47

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.88	133	$ 1,421

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
0.00	0

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
2017-18	32	8	40
2018-19	39	7	46
2019-20	41	23	64
2020-21	31	13	44
2021-22	33	14	47
Five Year Summary	176	65	241

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	0	205	0	1	241	8	4	7	241

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2009-10 (10 years)	199	47%	$34,887	$48,002	$59,301
2011-12 (8 years)	225	43%	$33,770	$44,316	$55,745
2014-15 (5 years)	244	45%	$26,409	$34,375	$46,045
2016-17 (3 years)	281	52%	$19,073	$33,000	$42,480
2018-19 (18 months)	270	60%	$15,184	$21,719	$31,485

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2012-13 to 2016-17	253	90.0%	$ 25,656	$ 31,000	$ 34,922	$ 43,483
2013-14 to 2017-18	238	90.5%	$ 25,880	$ 31,000	$ 34,964	$ 43,483
2014-15 to 2018-19	249	92.2%	$ 25,500	$ 31,000	$ 34,573	$ 41,870
2015-16 to 2019-20	266	93.0%	$ 25,922	$ 30,959	$ 34,736	$ 41,870
2016-17 to 2020-21	241	93.4%	$ 26,000	$ 31,000	$ 35,002	$ 43,402

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
2012-13 to 2016-17	253	90.0%	$ 27,000	$ 35,750	$ 40,757	$ 52,207
2013-14 to 2017-18	238	90.5%	$ 27,187	$ 36,981	$ 42,048	$ 53,581
2014-15 to 2018-19	249	92.2%	$ 28,538	$ 37,890	$ 42,674	$ 54,368
2015-16 to 2019-20	266	93.0%	$ 28,979	$ 38,557	$ 43,746	$ 54,896
2016-17 to 2020-21	241	93.4%	$ 30,853	$ 40,184	$ 46,578	$ 55,811

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.