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Program Details
Liberty University
Accounting (52.0301)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Accounting

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

Degree Title: MS

2010 CIP Code: 520301

	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:

Program authorized for distance learning

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	533	365	190
2019-20	403	291	202
2020-21	376	302	188
2021-22	325	241	196
2022-23	270	213	144

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 5,429

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	26	164	190
2019-20	43	159	202
2020-21	27	161	188
2021-22	34	162	196
2022-23	34	110	144
Five Year Summary	164	756	920

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	2	100	5	29	920	55	432	286	920

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)	582	15%	$63,960	$87,417	$109,836
2013-14 (8 years)	902	16%	$64,223	$87,044	$110,517
2016-17 (5 years)	1,078	15%	$59,981	$77,224	$100,506
2018-19 (3 years)	1,031	14%
2020-21 (18 months)	988	13%

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	727	69.0%	$ 20,500	$ 28,674	$ 31,069	$ 36,976
2014-15 to 2018-19	716	69.4%	$ 20,500	$ 28,293	$ 30,384	$ 36,279
2015-16 to 2019-20	682	66.1%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 29,763	$ 35,506
2016-17 to 2020-21	629	63.7%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,178	$ 35,538
2017-18 to 2021-22	592	60.8%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,148	$ 35,503

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	727	69.0%	$ 20,500	$ 28,772	$ 31,475	$ 37,589
2014-15 to 2018-19	716	69.4%	$ 20,500	$ 28,404	$ 30,784	$ 36,537
2015-16 to 2019-20	682	66.1%	$ 20,500	$ 27,842	$ 30,139	$ 35,513
2016-17 to 2020-21	629	63.7%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,569	$ 36,163
2017-18 to 2021-22	592	60.8%	$ 20,500	$ 27,333	$ 30,496	$ 35,567

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.