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Program Details
University of Virginia
Political Science and Government, General (45.1001)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Government

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 451001

	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
2018-19	193	225	116
2019-20	184	208	112
2020-21	195	216	108
2021-22	316	314	118
2022-23	207	231	127

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.15	119	$ 3,081

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.76	77

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
2018-19	92	24	116
2019-20	87	25	112
2020-21	78	30	108
2021-22	88	30	118
2022-23	94	33	127
Five Year Summary	439	142	581

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	43	0	35	581	46	403	32	581

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 2022
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)	667	28%	$60,408	$87,875	$138,420
2013-14 (8 years)	656	28%	$63,504	$88,068	$129,198
2016-17 (5 years)	683	28%	$53,664	$72,040	$105,847
2018-19 (3 years)	676	26%	$44,217	$65,222	$81,121
2020-21 (18 months)	1,150	30%	$61,327	$94,058	$124,179

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	208	39.1%	$ 13,009	$ 22,796	$ 25,029	$ 30,220
2014-15 to 2018-19	200	39.8%	$ 14,194	$ 23,015	$ 25,709	$ 30,221
2015-16 to 2019-20	196	40.0%	$ 11,876	$ 22,210	$ 24,644	$ 28,354
2016-17 to 2020-21	190	39.7%	$ 11,666	$ 20,778	$ 25,203	$ 28,220
2017-18 to 2021-22	191	40.4%	$ 11,878	$ 21,278	$ 25,144	$ 27,576

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	209	39.3%	$ 14,382	$ 25,796	$ 34,075	$ 41,418
2014-15 to 2018-19	201	40.0%	$ 14,844	$ 25,000	$ 35,368	$ 46,085
2015-16 to 2019-20	196	40.0%	$ 12,413	$ 23,973	$ 35,306	$ 43,752
2016-17 to 2020-21	191	39.9%	$ 11,874	$ 23,218	$ 35,621	$ 46,300
2017-18 to 2021-22	192	40.6%	$ 12,029	$ 23,308	$ 35,589	$ 43,444

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.