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Program Details
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 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	358	343	84
2020-21	367	356	64
2021-22	375	342	99
2022-23	351	325	77
2023-24	324	305	76

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.23	122

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.45	93

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	63	21	84
2020-21	52	12	64
2021-22	76	23	99
2022-23	63	14	77
2023-24	60	16	76
Five Year Summary	314	86	400

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	34	88	1	34	400	38	163	10	400

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)	453	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	467	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	466	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	892	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	268	60.1%	$ 20,500	$ 27,000	$ 32,581	$ 38,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	257	60.8%	$ 20,500	$ 27,000	$ 33,721	$ 41,250
2017-18 to 2021-22	268	61.9%	$ 19,875	$ 27,000	$ 33,746	$ 38,125
2018-19 to 2022-23	252	61.5%	$ 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 Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	268	60.1%	$ 22,375	$ 32,168	$ 42,569	$ 56,912
2016-17 to 2020-21	258	61.0%	$ 22,500	$ 32,257	$ 42,890	$ 57,378
2017-18 to 2021-22	270	62.4%	$ 22,250	$ 31,593	$ 43,940	$ 57,614
2018-19 to 2022-23	255	62.2%	$ 20,500	$ 29,000	$ 44,517	$ 61,324

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.