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Virginia Commonwealth University

Fashion/Apparel Design (50.0407)
Bachelor's Degree
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Fashion
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: BA/BFA
2010 CIP Code: 500407

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesNo

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  Before SCHEV
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2019-2035834384
2020-2136735664
2021-2237534299
2022-2335132577
2023-2432430576

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.23122

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.4593




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
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2019-20632184
2020-21521264
2021-22762399
2022-23631477
2023-24601676
Five Year Summary31486400
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years34881344003816310400



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 YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2012-13 (10 years)4530%
2014-15 (8 years)4670%
2017-18 (5 years)4660%
2019-20 (3 years)8920%



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-2026860.1%$ 20,500$ 27,000$ 32,581$ 38,000
2016-17 to 2020-2125760.8%$ 20,500$ 27,000$ 33,721$ 41,250
2017-18 to 2021-2226861.9%$ 19,875$ 27,000$ 33,746$ 38,125
2018-19 to 2022-2325261.5%$ 19,500$ 27,000$ 34,406$ 36,456
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 PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-2026860.1%$ 22,375$ 32,168$ 42,569$ 56,912
2016-17 to 2020-2125861.0%$ 22,500$ 32,257$ 42,890$ 57,378
2017-18 to 2021-2227062.4%$ 22,250$ 31,593$ 43,940$ 57,614
2018-19 to 2022-2325562.2%$ 20,500$ 29,000$ 44,517$ 61,324


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