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Program Details
Virginia State University
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies (43.0104)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Criminal Justice

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

Degree Title: BS

2010 CIP Code: 430104

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 03/2001

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 03/2001

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	387	395	61
2019-20	400	401	67
2020-21	358	364	50
2021-22	414	383	72
2022-23	425	411	68

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.44	133	$ 3,174

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
4.61	98

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	45	16	61
2019-20	43	24	67
2020-21	37	13	50
2021-22	45	27	72
2022-23	47	21	68
Five Year Summary	217	101	318

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	199	0	1	318	2	6	110	318

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)	356	44%	$42,757	$52,622	$65,110
2013-14 (8 years)	421	48%	$39,204	$50,043	$63,453
2016-17 (5 years)	507	49%	$36,474	$46,088	$58,972
2018-19 (3 years)	458	54%	$30,370	$42,869	$52,114
2020-21 (18 months)	354	61%	$24,491	$33,976	$42,752

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	457	94.4%	$ 24,776	$ 30,684	$ 32,284	$ 38,856
2014-15 to 2018-19	430	94.1%	$ 25,023	$ 30,714	$ 32,495	$ 38,632
2015-16 to 2019-20	392	94.5%	$ 25,250	$ 30,684	$ 32,972	$ 38,983
2016-17 to 2020-21	333	94.3%	$ 24,740	$ 30,678	$ 32,633	$ 38,596
2017-18 to 2021-22	308	94.5%	$ 23,892	$ 30,678	$ 32,275	$ 38,349

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	457	94.4%	$ 26,702	$ 37,142	$ 41,837	$ 51,331
2014-15 to 2018-19	430	94.1%	$ 27,560	$ 37,819	$ 42,168	$ 52,237
2015-16 to 2019-20	392	94.5%	$ 28,831	$ 40,152	$ 44,276	$ 55,020
2016-17 to 2020-21	334	94.6%	$ 27,047	$ 40,854	$ 44,528	$ 55,376
2017-18 to 2021-22	309	94.8%	$ 27,156	$ 41,788	$ 46,702	$ 57,496

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.