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Program Details
Liberty University
Legal Assistant/Paralegal (22.0302)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Paralegal Studies

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

Degree Title: AA

2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2011

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	237	195	55
2019-20	257	224	73
2020-21	238	214	86
2021-22	241	191	69
2022-23	183	156	83

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.39	49	$ 3,826

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	9	46	55
2019-20	14	59	73
2020-21	7	79	86
2021-22	10	59	69
2022-23	13	70	83
Five Year Summary	53	313	366

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	1	29	2	3	366	25	162	135	366

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)	51	8%
2016-17 (5 years)	184	7%
2018-19 (3 years)	245	7%
2020-21 (18 months)	318	8%

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	189	84.8%	$ 18,509	$ 25,000	$ 27,037	$ 35,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	208	84.9%	$ 17,624	$ 24,216	$ 27,164	$ 35,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	230	83.9%	$ 16,667	$ 24,132	$ 26,748	$ 35,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	259	81.4%	$ 16,500	$ 22,000	$ 25,765	$ 33,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	267	79.2%	$ 15,833	$ 22,000	$ 24,652	$ 32,063

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	189	84.8%	$ 18,832	$ 25,666	$ 27,479	$ 35,625
2014-15 to 2018-19	208	84.9%	$ 17,990	$ 24,875	$ 27,588	$ 35,563
2015-16 to 2019-20	230	83.9%	$ 17,166	$ 24,166	$ 27,206	$ 35,625
2016-17 to 2020-21	259	81.4%	$ 16,633	$ 22,584	$ 26,096	$ 34,262
2017-18 to 2021-22	267	79.2%	$ 16,116	$ 22,000	$ 24,998	$ 32,284

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.