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Program Details
Liberty University
Special Education and Teaching, General. (13.1001)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Special Education/Teacher Licensure

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

Degree Title: MED

2010 CIP Code: 131001

	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	805	698	251
2019-20	889	795	272
2020-21	816	648	288
2021-22	758	563	289
2022-23	648	499	244

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 4,372

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	102	149	251
2019-20	91	181	272
2020-21	99	189	288
2021-22	92	197	289
2022-23	64	180	244
Five Year Summary	448	896	1,344

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	171	5	15	1,344	35	621	474	1,344

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)	429	28%	$53,877	$63,129	$79,433
2013-14 (8 years)	649	30%	$51,223	$58,162	$71,362
2016-17 (5 years)	928	32%	$50,387	$57,078	$67,203
2018-19 (3 years)	1,153	36%	$49,090	$55,817	$63,781
2020-21 (18 months)	1,350	32%	$48,764	$54,685	$61,898

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	859	82.9%	$ 28,814	$ 37,583	$ 40,165	$ 48,739
2014-15 to 2018-19	965	83.7%	$ 28,450	$ 37,346	$ 40,153	$ 48,416
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,027	82.3%	$ 27,666	$ 36,162	$ 39,462	$ 47,827
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,107	82.0%	$ 27,333	$ 35,477	$ 38,435	$ 46,856
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,106	82.3%	$ 27,333	$ 35,073	$ 37,846	$ 44,992

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	859	82.9%	$ 28,923	$ 37,752	$ 40,422	$ 48,793
2014-15 to 2018-19	965	83.7%	$ 28,773	$ 37,530	$ 40,429	$ 48,741
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,027	82.3%	$ 27,890	$ 36,565	$ 39,802	$ 47,833
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,107	82.0%	$ 27,333	$ 35,806	$ 38,803	$ 47,244
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,106	82.3%	$ 27,333	$ 35,397	$ 38,286	$ 45,767

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.