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Program Details
James Madison University
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (22.0201)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Justice Studies

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 220201

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/2004

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 07/2004

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	333	333	74
2020-21	361	359	91
2021-22	332	319	80
2022-23	320	310	70
2023-24	294	290	70

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.09	124	$ 3,160

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
2.88	85

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	53	10	63
2019-20	59	15	74
2020-21	71	20	91
2021-22	63	17	80
2022-23	56	14	70
Five Year Summary	302	76	378

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	3	40	0	14	378	34	258	10	378

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)	418	40%	$58,196	$78,234	$105,353
2013-14 (8 years)	510	41%	$51,562	$66,763	$95,121
2016-17 (5 years)	526	43%	$45,959	$59,790	$77,074
2018-19 (3 years)	432	50%	$37,549	$51,458	$66,521
2020-21 (18 months)	396	48%	$24,783	$40,291	$51,484

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	269	57.4%	$ 12,866	$ 23,029	$ 25,015	$ 29,200
2014-15 to 2018-19	230	56.1%	$ 16,456	$ 24,996	$ 28,429	$ 30,676
2015-16 to 2019-20	219	56.2%	$ 17,322	$ 25,742	$ 29,962	$ 30,726
2016-17 to 2020-21	212	56.1%	$ 16,204	$ 24,889	$ 31,462	$ 31,671
2017-18 to 2021-22	201	54.8%	$ 15,340	$ 24,740	$ 31,055	$ 30,682

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	270	57.6%	$ 16,392	$ 27,028	$ 38,731	$ 54,794
2014-15 to 2018-19	234	57.1%	$ 19,296	$ 30,722	$ 44,046	$ 65,526
2015-16 to 2019-20	223	57.2%	$ 20,288	$ 32,684	$ 45,942	$ 66,230
2016-17 to 2020-21	216	57.1%	$ 19,980	$ 35,941	$ 48,812	$ 70,374
2017-18 to 2021-22	206	56.1%	$ 20,288	$ 38,014	$ 49,566	$ 72,116

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.