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

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Politics

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

Degree Title: BAC

2010 CIP Code: 451001

	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
2020-21	119	132	59
2021-22	131	127	69
2022-23	113	125	70
2023-24	108	115	58
2024-25	91	106	55

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

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
2020-21	5	54	59
2021-22	15	54	69
2022-23	17	53	70
2023-24	8	50	58
2024-25	9	46	55
Five Year Summary	54	257	311

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	10	6	0	11	311	20	250	2	311

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)	264	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	236	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	239	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	526	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	129	49.0%	$ 7,500	$ 15,000	$ 20,624	$ 27,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	150	54.0%	$ 6,500	$ 14,000	$ 17,549	$ 27,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	153	51.9%	$ 6,500	$ 15,000	$ 19,209	$ 27,000
2018-19 to 2022-23	135	44.4%	$ 6,500	$ 19,500	$ 21,086	$ 27,000
2019-20 to 2023-24	124	40.4%	$ 6,000	$ 19,500	$ 22,296	$ 27,000

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	131	49.8%	$ 20,510	$ 54,591	$ 63,670	$ 94,743
2016-17 to 2020-21	153	55.0%	$ 18,363	$ 51,406	$ 57,845	$ 80,353
2017-18 to 2021-22	156	52.9%	$ 18,650	$ 51,675	$ 59,211	$ 80,373
2018-19 to 2022-23	139	45.7%	$ 20,103	$ 51,943	$ 62,365	$ 81,928
2019-20 to 2023-24	127	41.4%	$ 19,500	$ 38,614	$ 59,507	$ 76,100

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.