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Program Details
Liberty University
Public Administration (44.0401)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Public Administration

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

Degree Title: MPA

2010 CIP Code:

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

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	256	228	37
2019-20	358	307	97
2020-21	421	329	161
2021-22	399	283	160
2022-23	311	229	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 6,794

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	5	32	37
2019-20	16	81	97
2020-21	37	124	161
2021-22	30	130	160
2022-23	27	112	139
Five Year Summary	115	479	594

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	107	4	5	594	27	258	180	594

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)		NaN
2018-19 (3 years)	38	11%
2020-21 (18 months)	296	16%	$52,280	$73,266	$99,870

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2014-15 to 2018-19	27	71.1%	$ 27,333	$ 34,166	$ 35,121	$ 41,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	86	63.7%	$ 27,332	$ 33,843	$ 33,287	$ 39,993
2016-17 to 2020-21	192	64.9%	$ 27,332	$ 33,843	$ 33,979	$ 40,211
2017-18 to 2021-22	275	60.3%	$ 26,531	$ 32,842	$ 32,905	$ 39,716

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
2014-15 to 2018-19	27	71.1%	$ 27,333	$ 34,166	$ 35,238	$ 41,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	86	63.7%	$ 27,332	$ 33,843	$ 33,624	$ 40,245
2016-17 to 2020-21	192	64.9%	$ 27,332	$ 33,843	$ 34,199	$ 40,514
2017-18 to 2021-22	276	60.5%	$ 26,535	$ 33,065	$ 34,125	$ 40,514

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.