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Program Details
Norfolk State University
Political Science and Government, General (45.1001)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Political Science

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451001

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2017-18	101	98	11
2018-19	109	109	19
2019-20	127	116	25
2020-21	101	95	19
2021-22	102	102	21

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.99	136	$ 2,527

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
7.31	98

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	9	2	11
2018-19	16	3	19
2019-20	22	3	25
2020-21	14	5	19
2021-22	16	5	21
Five Year Summary	77	18	95

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	76	0	1	95	7	2	4	95

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)	159	47%	$30,575	$44,980	$63,674
2011-12 (8 years)	149	44%	$34,747	$41,667	$51,687
2014-15 (5 years)	143	47%	$28,088	$35,971	$47,882
2016-17 (3 years)	127	49%	$21,508	$28,402	$39,752
2018-19 (18 months)	102	49%	$12,735	$24,685	$33,722

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	119	93.7%	$ 27,194	$ 32,984	$ 36,810	$ 45,692
2013-14 to 2017-18	105	91.3%	$ 27,287	$ 34,825	$ 36,680	$ 45,102
2014-15 to 2018-19	92	90.2%	$ 27,946	$ 35,809	$ 37,422	$ 45,157
2015-16 to 2019-20	90	88.2%	$ 26,000	$ 32,201	$ 34,741	$ 43,295
2016-17 to 2020-21	83	87.4%	$ 23,707	$ 30,911	$ 32,853	$ 39,000

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	119	93.7%	$ 27,922	$ 39,013	$ 41,049	$ 50,306
2013-14 to 2017-18	105	91.3%	$ 28,091	$ 39,013	$ 41,814	$ 48,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	92	90.2%	$ 29,893	$ 42,207	$ 44,258	$ 50,962
2015-16 to 2019-20	90	88.2%	$ 27,922	$ 40,541	$ 44,544	$ 50,306
2016-17 to 2020-21	83	87.4%	$ 26,326	$ 36,942	$ 43,342	$ 51,875

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.