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Program Details
Liberty University
Counseling Psychology (42.2803)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Counseling

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

Degree Title: MA

2010 CIP Code: 420601

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 10/1998

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	2,321	1,932	580
2019-20	3,017	2,750	533
2020-21	4,038	3,763	617
2021-22	4,887	4,430	792
2022-23	5,486	4,788	1,137

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 4,541

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	116	464	580
2019-20	118	415	533
2020-21	129	488	617
2021-22	166	626	792
2022-23	189	948	1,137
Five Year Summary	718	2,941	3,659

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	15	376	16	46	3,659	144	1,654	1,356	3,659

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)	1,712	12%	$44,882	$61,345	$82,412
2013-14 (8 years)	2,728	12%	$47,358	$60,874	$75,981
2016-17 (5 years)	3,754	12%	$43,624	$57,585	$72,174
2018-19 (3 years)	3,552	13%	$39,790	$51,012	$62,962
2020-21 (18 months)	3,110	15%	$35,283	$48,165	$59,377

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	3,013	80.0%	$ 42,630	$ 56,333	$ 56,240	$ 69,495
2014-15 to 2018-19	2,834	79.8%	$ 44,189	$ 57,131	$ 56,717	$ 69,637
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,626	79.6%	$ 45,350	$ 57,131	$ 57,079	$ 69,543
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,456	79.0%	$ 45,770	$ 56,776	$ 56,836	$ 68,961
2017-18 to 2021-22	2,442	77.7%	$ 44,670	$ 54,666	$ 55,654	$ 67,660

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	3,014	80.1%	$ 42,992	$ 56,742	$ 56,776	$ 69,915
2014-15 to 2018-19	2,835	79.8%	$ 44,416	$ 57,546	$ 57,286	$ 70,170
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,627	79.6%	$ 45,851	$ 57,742	$ 57,645	$ 69,935
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,458	79.0%	$ 46,299	$ 57,561	$ 57,492	$ 69,598
2017-18 to 2021-22	2,443	77.8%	$ 45,055	$ 55,209	$ 56,518	$ 68,333

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.