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Program Details
Radford University
Special Education and Teaching, General. (13.1001)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Special Education

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

Degree Title: MS

2010 CIP Code: 131001

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1993

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	95	72	44
2020-21	98	80	61
2021-22	117	91	51
2022-23	132	84	71
2023-24	118	81	62

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

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	43	1	44
2020-21	61	0	61
2021-22	48	3	51
2022-23	67	4	71
2023-24	61	1	62
Five Year Summary	280	9	289

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	2	41	0	6	289	12	212	10	289

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)	172	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	160	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	175	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	410	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	124	60.5%	$ 16,187	$ 20,282	$ 22,702	$ 27,765
2016-17 to 2020-21	140	61.7%	$ 16,907	$ 20,283	$ 24,468	$ 30,825
2017-18 to 2021-22	148	62.4%	$ 16,908	$ 20,284	$ 25,268	$ 33,839
2018-19 to 2022-23	159	60.2%	$ 16,994	$ 20,284	$ 26,063	$ 34,167

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	124	60.5%	$ 16,187	$ 20,282	$ 22,947	$ 27,765
2016-17 to 2020-21	140	61.7%	$ 16,907	$ 20,284	$ 24,680	$ 30,825
2017-18 to 2021-22	149	62.9%	$ 16,822	$ 20,284	$ 25,426	$ 33,067
2018-19 to 2022-23	160	60.6%	$ 16,908	$ 20,284	$ 26,221	$ 33,617

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.