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Program Details
Virginia State University
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Interdisciplinary Studies

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 240101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1988

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	116	120	31
2019-20	128	125	23
2020-21	68	60	22
2021-22	39	34	18
2022-23	26	23	14

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.74	140	$ 4,076

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.64	99

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	24	7	31
2019-20	17	6	23
2020-21	18	4	22
2021-22	14	4	18
2022-23	11	3	14
Five Year Summary	84	24	108

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	65	0	1	108	1	7	34	108

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)	124	60%	$44,987	$57,288	$73,769
2013-14 (8 years)	144	59%	$46,914	$56,799	$69,048
2016-17 (5 years)	178	66%	$41,268	$50,874	$57,920
2018-19 (3 years)	177	70%	$40,281	$52,923	$56,698
2020-21 (18 months)	154	71%	$32,960	$49,379	$53,226

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	165	93.2%	$ 25,736	$ 32,162	$ 35,951	$ 43,268
2014-15 to 2018-19	166	93.8%	$ 24,171	$ 30,682	$ 34,565	$ 43,130
2015-16 to 2019-20	157	94.0%	$ 24,055	$ 30,680	$ 33,384	$ 41,921
2016-17 to 2020-21	143	92.9%	$ 24,390	$ 30,680	$ 34,743	$ 43,130
2017-18 to 2021-22	119	93.0%	$ 24,171	$ 30,678	$ 34,488	$ 43,130

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	165	93.2%	$ 27,463	$ 40,136	$ 44,080	$ 56,959
2014-15 to 2018-19	166	93.8%	$ 27,216	$ 40,075	$ 44,674	$ 58,302
2015-16 to 2019-20	157	94.0%	$ 26,722	$ 41,146	$ 45,698	$ 59,583
2016-17 to 2020-21	143	92.9%	$ 27,317	$ 43,491	$ 49,255	$ 65,021
2017-18 to 2021-22	119	93.0%	$ 27,317	$ 44,530	$ 51,666	$ 71,118

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.