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Program Details
Liberty University
Legal Assistant/Paralegal (22.0302)
Short-Term Undergraduate Certificate

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Paralegal Studies

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

Degree Title: CRT

2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2013

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	76	46	64
2019-20	93	67	57
2020-21	91	67	80
2021-22	84	59	64
2022-23	83	63	62

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
2.17	18	$ 4,554

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	13	51	64
2019-20	15	42	57
2020-21	14	66	80
2021-22	16	48	64
2022-23	8	54	62
Five Year Summary	66	261	327

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	35	1	1	327	24	155	105	327

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)
2011-12 (10 years)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)	17	12%
2016-17 (5 years)	175	10%
2018-19 (3 years)	276	12%
2020-21 (18 months)	320	13%

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	176	76.9%	$ 9,500	$ 10,491	$ 14,423	$ 18,833
2014-15 to 2018-19	212	76.8%	$ 9,500	$ 10,702	$ 14,610	$ 18,833
2015-16 to 2019-20	206	69.6%	$ 9,500	$ 10,659	$ 14,795	$ 18,850
2016-17 to 2020-21	219	68.4%	$ 8,869	$ 11,000	$ 15,044	$ 18,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	201	63.0%	$ 9,500	$ 12,027	$ 15,641	$ 18,000

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
2013-14 to 2017-18	176	76.9%	$ 9,500	$ 10,491	$ 14,447	$ 18,833
2014-15 to 2018-19	212	76.8%	$ 9,500	$ 10,752	$ 14,847	$ 18,842
2015-16 to 2019-20	206	69.6%	$ 9,500	$ 10,702	$ 15,039	$ 18,947
2016-17 to 2020-21	219	68.4%	$ 9,300	$ 11,000	$ 15,447	$ 18,555
2017-18 to 2021-22	201	63.0%	$ 9,500	$ 12,369	$ 16,203	$ 18,947

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.