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Program Details
Washington and Lee University
Economics, General (45.0601)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Economics

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

Degree Title: BAC

2010 CIP Code: 450601

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2017-18	137	130	64
2018-19	142	134	84
2019-20	115	114	56
2020-21	132	135	63
2021-22	136	60	69

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,085

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

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
2017-18	8	56	64
2018-19	7	77	84
2019-20	10	46	56
2020-21	8	55	63
2021-22	10	59	69
Five Year Summary	43	293	336

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	21	4	0	10	336	12	278	4	336

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2009-10 (10 years)	226	9%
2011-12 (8 years)	231	9%
2014-15 (5 years)	263	6%
2016-17 (3 years)	270	13%
2018-19 (18 months)	309	13%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2012-13 to 2016-17	70	32.3%	$ 7,200	$ 12,982	$ 17,225	$ 27,000
2013-14 to 2017-18	88	37.6%	$ 6,770	$ 14,000	$ 16,117	$ 26,869
2014-15 to 2018-19	105	41.7%	$ 6,790	$ 15,000	$ 18,240	$ 27,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	119	46.5%	$ 6,938	$ 15,000	$ 21,722	$ 27,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	138	51.9%	$ 5,500	$ 14,500	$ 20,565	$ 26,371

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
2012-13 to 2016-17	71	32.7%	$ 7,500	$ 26,870	$ 53,643	$ 78,995
2013-14 to 2017-18	89	38.0%	$ 7,426	$ 28,062	$ 54,604	$ 78,995
2014-15 to 2018-19	106	42.1%	$ 8,319	$ 56,884	$ 63,472	$ 87,586
2015-16 to 2019-20	119	46.5%	$ 22,455	$ 64,970	$ 73,810	$ 109,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	138	51.9%	$ 17,810	$ 59,836	$ 68,142	$ 97,039

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.