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Program Details
Radford University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Communication

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 090101

	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	288	291	87
2018-19	278	282	80
2019-20	223	230	78
2020-21	184	181	66
2021-22	133	137	52

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.51	130

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	81	6	87
2018-19	73	7	80
2019-20	70	8	78
2020-21	60	6	66
2021-22	48	4	52
Five Year Summary	332	31	363

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	3	54	1	2	363	29	252	11	363

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)	382	51%	$47,757	$62,845	$90,507
2011-12 (8 years)	395	51%	$41,308	$56,124	$83,854
2014-15 (5 years)	431	56%	$41,026	$52,885	$72,542
2016-17 (3 years)	458	61%	$30,698	$45,372	$59,000
2018-19 (18 months)	442	62%	$22,288	$33,418	$44,417

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	316	69.5%	$ 18,220	$ 26,147	$ 28,034	$ 33,036
2014-15 to 2018-19	306	70.5%	$ 19,354	$ 26,716	$ 29,371	$ 34,483
2015-16 to 2019-20	294	70.7%	$ 19,452	$ 26,717	$ 30,475	$ 36,026
2016-17 to 2020-21	275	70.9%	$ 19,335	$ 25,732	$ 29,587	$ 34,395
2017-18 to 2021-22	251	70.5%	$ 18,310	$ 25,730	$ 29,867	$ 34,427

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
2013-14 to 2017-18	316	69.5%	$ 19,298	$ 28,811	$ 36,470	$ 52,027
2014-15 to 2018-19	306	70.5%	$ 20,314	$ 30,537	$ 38,163	$ 54,127
2015-16 to 2019-20	294	70.7%	$ 22,514	$ 33,173	$ 40,468	$ 55,015
2016-17 to 2020-21	275	70.9%	$ 21,031	$ 32,242	$ 39,797	$ 54,247
2017-18 to 2021-22	251	70.5%	$ 20,286	$ 30,678	$ 38,723	$ 54,209

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.