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Program Details
Virginia State University
Mass Communication/Media Studies (09.0102)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mass Communications

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 090102

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 03/2001

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 03/2001

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	326	319	59
2020-21	261	266	58
2021-22	257	242	40
2022-23	263	265	49
2023-24	254	244	45

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.78	136

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.36	84

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	42	17	59
2020-21	44	14	58
2021-22	25	15	40
2022-23	34	15	49
2023-24	27	18	45
Five Year Summary	172	79	251

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	0	162	0	0	251	3	0	86	251

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)	345	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	393	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	415	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	756	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	358	94.7%	$ 25,140	$ 30,186	$ 31,807	$ 37,970
2016-17 to 2020-21	327	94.5%	$ 25,140	$ 29,106	$ 31,553	$ 37,608
2017-18 to 2021-22	262	92.6%	$ 24,740	$ 27,339	$ 29,908	$ 35,745
2018-19 to 2022-23	247	92.5%	$ 22,785	$ 26,722	$ 29,582	$ 35,745

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	358	94.7%	$ 29,156	$ 40,516	$ 45,231	$ 56,535
2016-17 to 2020-21	327	94.5%	$ 29,192	$ 41,210	$ 47,865	$ 59,356
2017-18 to 2021-22	262	92.6%	$ 26,720	$ 39,627	$ 46,759	$ 59,149
2018-19 to 2022-23	247	92.5%	$ 24,743	$ 37,922	$ 45,788	$ 58,411

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.