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Program Details
Norfolk State University
Sociology, General. (45.1101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Sociology

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451101

	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
2019-20	300	287	75
2020-21	274	259	63
2021-22	248	226	61
2022-23	233	219	56
2023-24	210	209	51

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.81	136

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.15	91

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
2019-20	59	16	75
2020-21	47	16	63
2021-22	40	21	61
2022-23	43	13	56
2023-24	39	12	51
Five Year Summary	228	78	306

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	1	260	0	0	306	13	6	6	306

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)	263	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	351	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	368	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	644	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	297	92.8%	$ 24,384	$ 29,722	$ 32,400	$ 42,201
2016-17 to 2020-21	279	90.9%	$ 23,172	$ 28,750	$ 31,707	$ 40,448
2017-18 to 2021-22	272	88.3%	$ 21,950	$ 28,536	$ 30,755	$ 38,479
2018-19 to 2022-23	267	86.4%	$ 20,525	$ 28,394	$ 29,912	$ 36,500

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	298	93.1%	$ 25,309	$ 35,788	$ 39,914	$ 50,676
2016-17 to 2020-21	280	91.2%	$ 25,000	$ 34,129	$ 39,088	$ 50,397
2017-18 to 2021-22	273	88.6%	$ 24,944	$ 33,941	$ 39,519	$ 49,600
2018-19 to 2022-23	268	86.7%	$ 23,742	$ 33,287	$ 40,804	$ 49,916

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.