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Program Details
Liberty University
Apparel and Textiles, General (19.0901)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Interior and Fashion Merchandising

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 190901

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) BCHE

Date Program Placed on Probation: BCHE

Date Program Closed:

Program authorized for distance learning

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	164	176	40
2019-20	145	147	47
2020-21	135	129	48
2021-22	106	120	27
2022-23	139	135	35

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.31	120	$ 2,336

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.11	92

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	19	21	40
2019-20	18	29	47
2020-21	21	27	48
2021-22	5	22	27
2022-23	6	29	35
Five Year Summary	69	128	197

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	6	11	0	4	197	9	137	26	197

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)	126	20%	$30,512	$41,360	$66,475
2013-14 (8 years)	145	18%	$23,813	$34,449	$45,602
2016-17 (5 years)	152	20%	$20,795	$34,981	$47,100
2018-19 (3 years)	158	24%	$20,048	$32,749	$48,433
2020-21 (18 months)	200	23%	$20,354	$31,976	$41,857

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	92	62.2%	$ 20,159	$ 28,251	$ 31,664	$ 37,125
2014-15 to 2018-19	97	61.4%	$ 19,500	$ 27,000	$ 30,877	$ 36,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	112	61.5%	$ 21,159	$ 27,000	$ 29,873	$ 34,250
2016-17 to 2020-21	123	61.5%	$ 20,500	$ 27,000	$ 30,014	$ 31,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	120	61.5%	$ 19,500	$ 27,000	$ 30,738	$ 31,000

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	92	62.2%	$ 23,250	$ 35,215	$ 42,965	$ 64,823
2014-15 to 2018-19	97	61.4%	$ 20,817	$ 34,000	$ 43,030	$ 64,936
2015-16 to 2019-20	112	61.5%	$ 22,750	$ 32,500	$ 42,796	$ 64,734
2016-17 to 2020-21	123	61.5%	$ 21,500	$ 29,000	$ 42,789	$ 64,531
2017-18 to 2021-22	120	61.5%	$ 21,158	$ 28,538	$ 43,332	$ 64,343

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.