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Program Details
Radford University
Journalism (09.0401)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Media Studies

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 090401

	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	192	190	57
2020-21	153	149	41
2021-22	124	113	44
2022-23	92	83	33
2023-24	71	65	26

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.54	119

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.61	90

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	55	2	57
2020-21	37	4	41
2021-22	40	4	44
2022-23	30	3	33
2023-24	22	4	26
Five Year Summary	184	17	201

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	41	1	1	201	12	119	8	201

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)	434	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	378	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	352	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	672	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	233	70.2%	$ 20,072	$ 26,720	$ 30,488	$ 37,337
2016-17 to 2020-21	210	69.1%	$ 20,303	$ 26,720	$ 30,874	$ 37,678
2017-18 to 2021-22	195	70.1%	$ 21,276	$ 26,722	$ 31,283	$ 34,884
2018-19 to 2022-23	176	72.4%	$ 21,303	$ 26,722	$ 31,860	$ 38,418

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	234	70.5%	$ 21,278	$ 30,697	$ 37,186	$ 48,787
2016-17 to 2020-21	212	69.7%	$ 22,265	$ 31,901	$ 38,702	$ 51,812
2017-18 to 2021-22	197	70.9%	$ 23,009	$ 31,213	$ 39,273	$ 51,784
2018-19 to 2022-23	177	72.8%	$ 23,011	$ 33,942	$ 40,364	$ 51,839

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.