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Program Details
Liberty University
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies (43.0104)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Criminal Justice

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 430104

	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:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	2,310	2,006	543
2019-20	2,309	2,181	606
2020-21	2,333	2,170	614
2021-22	2,198	1,956	604
2022-23	2,071	1,917	572

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.83	89	$ 4,675

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.45	66

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	162	381	543
2019-20	184	422	606
2020-21	167	447	614
2021-22	169	435	604
2022-23	157	415	572
Five Year Summary	839	2,100	2,939

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	271	21	31	2,939	175	1,474	909	2,939

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)	817	24%	$46,605	$66,144	$89,716
2013-14 (8 years)	1,380	22%	$46,057	$60,747	$82,569
2016-17 (5 years)	2,289	21%	$43,320	$56,616	$75,198
2018-19 (3 years)	2,695	21%	$40,374	$54,988	$75,773
2020-21 (18 months)	2,902	21%	$34,508	$50,448	$68,566

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	1,912	74.7%	$ 20,500	$ 28,592	$ 30,922	$ 40,832
2014-15 to 2018-19	2,007	74.5%	$ 20,500	$ 28,583	$ 30,896	$ 40,832
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,036	72.2%	$ 20,538	$ 29,076	$ 30,974	$ 40,971
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,054	70.8%	$ 19,599	$ 27,807	$ 30,320	$ 40,832
2017-18 to 2021-22	2,038	68.4%	$ 17,614	$ 27,000	$ 29,502	$ 39,832

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	1,913	74.7%	$ 20,832	$ 29,936	$ 33,053	$ 43,641
2014-15 to 2018-19	2,008	74.5%	$ 20,832	$ 30,748	$ 33,449	$ 43,952
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,037	72.2%	$ 20,832	$ 31,000	$ 33,756	$ 44,715
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,056	70.8%	$ 20,506	$ 29,736	$ 33,424	$ 44,391
2017-18 to 2021-22	2,039	68.4%	$ 18,500	$ 28,988	$ 32,792	$ 43,832

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.