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

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Criminal Justice

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

Degree Title: MS

2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	No	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2013

This program can be completed solely via distance education.

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	810	743	245
2019-20	1,037	924	366
2020-21	1,097	903	493
2021-22	953	772	455
2022-23	867	741	408

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,438

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	67	178	245
2019-20	81	285	366
2020-21	106	387	493
2021-22	89	366	455
2022-23	74	334	408
Five Year Summary	417	1,550	1,967

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	335	9	21	1,967	108	830	613	1,967

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)		NaN
2013-14 (8 years)		NaN
2016-17 (5 years)	412	17%	$49,002	$68,415	$101,127
2018-19 (3 years)	812	16%	$47,351	$66,069	$86,769
2020-21 (18 months)	1,424	15%	$43,150	$56,967	$79,965

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	385	66.6%	$ 27,332	$ 34,838	$ 37,244	$ 42,319
2014-15 to 2018-19	544	67.0%	$ 27,263	$ 34,166	$ 36,347	$ 41,213
2015-16 to 2019-20	733	67.4%	$ 27,045	$ 34,166	$ 35,334	$ 41,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	938	65.9%	$ 26,680	$ 33,465	$ 33,885	$ 41,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,118	64.8%	$ 24,877	$ 31,671	$ 32,748	$ 40,953

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	386	66.8%	$ 27,333	$ 34,984	$ 37,890	$ 42,975
2014-15 to 2018-19	545	67.1%	$ 27,332	$ 34,166	$ 36,889	$ 42,185
2015-16 to 2019-20	734	67.5%	$ 27,103	$ 34,166	$ 35,958	$ 41,141
2016-17 to 2020-21	939	65.9%	$ 26,780	$ 33,764	$ 34,478	$ 41,000
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,119	64.9%	$ 25,115	$ 32,059	$ 33,310	$ 40,999

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.