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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
2017-18	294	281	56
2018-19	297	280	55
2019-20	300	287	75
2020-21	274	259	63
2021-22	248	226	61

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.05	139	$ 2,348

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
7.13	88

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	44	12	56
2018-19	47	8	55
2019-20	59	16	75
2020-21	47	16	63
2021-22	40	21	61
Five Year Summary	237	73	310

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	268	0	1	310	11	8	6	310

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)	237	51%	$34,009	$45,427	$59,241
2011-12 (8 years)	244	56%	$31,949	$40,704	$54,573
2014-15 (5 years)	351	63%	$28,628	$37,211	$46,833
2016-17 (3 years)	379	64%	$25,337	$34,420	$42,751
2018-19 (18 months)	346	62%	$19,619	$29,226	$38,705

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	361	95.5%	$ 25,922	$ 34,550	$ 36,094	$ 46,701
2013-14 to 2017-18	350	95.6%	$ 25,750	$ 34,288	$ 35,665	$ 46,261
2014-15 to 2018-19	320	93.0%	$ 25,104	$ 32,385	$ 35,125	$ 46,696
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

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	361	95.5%	$ 27,920	$ 38,542	$ 41,716	$ 51,722
2013-14 to 2017-18	350	95.6%	$ 26,845	$ 38,342	$ 41,504	$ 51,644
2014-15 to 2018-19	321	93.3%	$ 25,922	$ 37,512	$ 41,435	$ 51,726
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

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.