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Program Details
Liberty University
American/US Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (22.0203)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

American Legal Studies

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

Degree Title: JM

2010 CIP Code:

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	177	146	64
2019-20	224	185	83
2020-21	213	173	81
2021-22	169	117	96
2022-23	111	91	73

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 6,576

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	15	49	64
2019-20	16	67	83
2020-21	14	67	81
2021-22	11	85	96
2022-23	10	63	73
Five Year Summary	66	331	397

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	0	62	2	8	397	29	155	128	397

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)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)		NaN
2018-19 (3 years)	107	15%
2020-21 (18 months)	271	12%

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	32	74.4%	$ 23,122	$ 30,449	$ 36,968	$ 40,011
2014-15 to 2018-19	76	71.0%	$ 22,959	$ 30,574	$ 37,141	$ 40,577
2015-16 to 2019-20	132	69.5%	$ 22,732	$ 29,859	$ 34,055	$ 37,766
2016-17 to 2020-21	187	69.0%	$ 20,500	$ 27,690	$ 32,531	$ 36,734
2017-18 to 2021-22	232	63.9%	$ 20,500	$ 27,658	$ 32,326	$ 36,689

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	32	74.4%	$ 23,896	$ 32,074	$ 37,708	$ 41,642
2014-15 to 2018-19	76	71.0%	$ 23,463	$ 32,205	$ 37,723	$ 41,572
2015-16 to 2019-20	133	70.0%	$ 23,625	$ 32,078	$ 36,051	$ 40,154
2016-17 to 2020-21	188	69.4%	$ 21,276	$ 28,955	$ 34,192	$ 39,002
2017-18 to 2021-22	233	64.2%	$ 20,885	$ 29,201	$ 34,150	$ 38,242

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.