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Program Details
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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Degree Title:

2010 CIP Code:

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:
Off-Campus:

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	6,318	6,569	1,905
2019-20	6,336	6,504	2,027
2020-21	5,992	5,932	2,138
2021-22	5,929	5,550	1,945
2022-23	4,322	4,301	1,610

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.25	120	$ 3,942

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.46	76

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	1,427	478	1,905
2019-20	1,499	528	2,027
2020-21	1,588	550	2,138
2021-22	1,448	497	1,945
2022-23	1,192	418	1,610
Five Year Summary	7,154	2,471	9,625

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	373	799	12	1,344	9,625	525	5,628	593	9,625

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)	6,238	43%	$48,073	$57,192	$74,890
2013-14 (8 years)	6,496	44%	$47,680	$57,033	$73,338
2016-17 (5 years)	7,549	45%	$46,544	$55,586	$69,057
2018-19 (3 years)	8,656	46%	$44,904	$55,145	$65,887
2020-21 (18 months)	9,695	45%	$28,234	$45,505	$59,388

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	3,838	54.7%	$ 15,040	$ 26,000	$ 27,592	$ 32,896
2014-15 to 2018-19	4,030	53.7%	$ 15,000	$ 26,000	$ 27,982	$ 33,130
2015-16 to 2019-20	4,147	52.2%	$ 15,000	$ 25,736	$ 28,040	$ 33,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	4,290	51.4%	$ 14,844	$ 25,378	$ 28,036	$ 32,683
2017-18 to 2021-22	4,201	49.4%	$ 13,918	$ 24,742	$ 27,749	$ 31,944

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	3,868	55.1%	$ 17,318	$ 29,000	$ 37,440	$ 51,406
2014-15 to 2018-19	4,058	54.0%	$ 17,032	$ 29,000	$ 38,104	$ 51,698
2015-16 to 2019-20	4,174	52.5%	$ 16,847	$ 28,698	$ 38,748	$ 52,686
2016-17 to 2020-21	4,318	51.7%	$ 16,233	$ 28,210	$ 39,103	$ 52,943
2017-18 to 2021-22	4,235	49.8%	$ 15,000	$ 27,000	$ 38,921	$ 52,791

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.