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Program Details
University of Virginia
Public Policy Analysis, General (44.0501)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Public Policy

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

Degree Title: MPP

2010 CIP Code: 440501

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/2007

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	111	131	78
2019-20	119	142	75
2020-21	149	167	89
2021-22	157	176	94
2022-23	133	147	78

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 11,528

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	46	32	78
2019-20	52	23	75
2020-21	52	37	89
2021-22	56	38	94
2022-23	40	38	78
Five Year Summary	246	168	414

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	26	19	0	24	414	32	279	23	414

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)	107	18%	$78,285	$102,882	$164,595
2013-14 (8 years)	183	19%	$76,006	$96,167	$129,508
2016-17 (5 years)	308	21%	$78,073	$106,646	$134,480
2018-19 (3 years)	354	24%	$64,602	$80,061	$109,540
2020-21 (18 months)	385	26%	$53,522	$66,578	$90,571

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	115	35.1%	$ 17,809	$ 20,282	$ 25,564	$ 37,948
2014-15 to 2018-19	127	35.9%	$ 19,790	$ 20,282	$ 26,695	$ 40,069
2015-16 to 2019-20	122	33.3%	$ 20,282	$ 20,283	$ 27,111	$ 40,564
2016-17 to 2020-21	131	34.0%	$ 20,282	$ 20,284	$ 28,139	$ 40,564
2017-18 to 2021-22	137	33.9%	$ 20,282	$ 20,780	$ 28,321	$ 40,565

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	116	35.4%	$ 20,186	$ 28,084	$ 33,258	$ 41,756
2014-15 to 2018-19	128	36.2%	$ 20,282	$ 29,367	$ 35,604	$ 44,043
2015-16 to 2019-20	123	33.6%	$ 20,282	$ 28,948	$ 36,845	$ 44,146
2016-17 to 2020-21	133	34.5%	$ 20,282	$ 30,188	$ 39,054	$ 52,245
2017-18 to 2021-22	139	34.4%	$ 20,282	$ 33,118	$ 41,402	$ 56,850

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.