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Program Details
Liberty University
Religion/Religious Studies (38.0201)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Religion/Religious Studies

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

Degree Title: BA

2010 CIP Code: 380201

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2017-18	3,748	2,889	863
2018-19	3,235	2,502	768
2019-20	2,939	2,440	656
2020-21	2,669	2,237	698
2021-22	2,429	2,002	645

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.43	110	$ 3,145

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
4.90	79

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
2017-18	87	776	863
2018-19	79	689	768
2019-20	68	588	656
2020-21	65	633	698
2021-22	58	587	645
Five Year Summary	357	3,273	3,630

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	7	354	15	32	3,630	146	1,499	1,517	3,630

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2009-10 (10 years)	2,229	8%
2011-12 (8 years)	3,421	8%
2014-15 (5 years)	4,972	7%
2016-17 (3 years)	5,068	6%
2018-19 (18 months)	4,556	5%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2012-13 to 2016-17	3,670	72.4%	$ 21,494	$ 31,332	$ 32,217	$ 43,296
2013-14 to 2017-18	3,520	72.1%	$ 22,000	$ 32,842	$ 33,129	$ 45,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	3,251	71.4%	$ 22,849	$ 34,165	$ 34,103	$ 45,837
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,958	71.4%	$ 22,851	$ 34,500	$ 34,265	$ 46,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,722	70.3%	$ 21,875	$ 33,419	$ 33,798	$ 45,646

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
2012-13 to 2016-17	3,674	72.5%	$ 21,756	$ 32,792	$ 33,643	$ 45,000
2013-14 to 2017-18	3,521	72.1%	$ 22,908	$ 33,750	$ 34,402	$ 45,832
2014-15 to 2018-19	3,252	71.4%	$ 23,500	$ 35,331	$ 35,238	$ 47,007
2015-16 to 2019-20	2,959	71.4%	$ 23,500	$ 35,498	$ 35,356	$ 47,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	2,723	70.3%	$ 22,617	$ 34,646	$ 34,984	$ 46,538

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.