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Program Details
Liberty University
Speech Communication and Rhetoric (09.0101)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Mass Communications

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

Degree Title: MA

2010 CIP Code: 090101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2009

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	132	107	33
2019-20	164	159	56
2020-21	170	135	97
2021-22	151	118	77
2022-23	129	104	65

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 3,721

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	10	23	33
2019-20	12	44	56
2020-21	25	72	97
2021-22	18	59	77
2022-23	10	55	65
Five Year Summary	75	253	328

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	42	0	7	328	28	154	81	328

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)	47	21%	$35,546	$58,031	$79,891
2013-14 (8 years)	77	16%	$25,702	$59,930	$75,407
2016-17 (5 years)	52	13%
2018-19 (3 years)	70	11%
2020-21 (18 months)	217	9%

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	23	46.9%	$ 20,500	$ 24,909	$ 26,431	$ 34,166
2014-15 to 2018-19	37	52.9%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,761	$ 41,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	70	57.4%	$ 20,500	$ 31,357	$ 32,366	$ 41,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	122	56.2%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,188	$ 35,704
2017-18 to 2021-22	151	54.3%	$ 20,500	$ 28,646	$ 31,028	$ 37,436

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	23	46.9%	$ 20,500	$ 24,909	$ 26,846	$ 35,222
2014-15 to 2018-19	37	52.9%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 31,911	$ 41,416
2015-16 to 2019-20	70	57.4%	$ 23,029	$ 31,873	$ 33,511	$ 41,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	122	56.2%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,865	$ 39,005
2017-18 to 2021-22	151	54.3%	$ 20,500	$ 29,079	$ 31,768	$ 39,821

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.