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

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Liberal 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: 03/1993

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 03/1993

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	538	508	121
2020-21	534	485	108
2021-22	99	99	49
2022-23	85	86	49
2023-24	80	76	35

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.18	126	$ 3,727

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.21	83

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	136	4	140
2019-20	119	2	121
2020-21	107	1	108
2021-22	48	1	49
2022-23	47	2	49
Five Year Summary	457	10	467

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	29	0	3	467	13	396	23	467

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)	815	74%	$47,619	$54,706	$60,949
2013-14 (8 years)	813	75%	$46,307	$54,033	$59,112
2016-17 (5 years)	807	81%	$47,852	$54,182	$59,202
2018-19 (3 years)	762	83%	$46,696	$52,957	$58,055
2020-21 (18 months)	652	85%	$35,366	$47,800	$52,671

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	561	70.2%	$ 19,250	$ 27,000	$ 28,036	$ 32,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	530	69.6%	$ 19,250	$ 27,000	$ 28,441	$ 33,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	501	70.7%	$ 19,500	$ 27,000	$ 28,754	$ 33,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	472	72.4%	$ 20,346	$ 27,000	$ 29,836	$ 33,487
2017-18 to 2021-22	410	72.6%	$ 20,447	$ 27,000	$ 30,471	$ 34,772

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	566	70.8%	$ 23,123	$ 40,691	$ 45,238	$ 65,283
2014-15 to 2018-19	535	70.2%	$ 23,250	$ 42,910	$ 46,215	$ 66,914
2015-16 to 2019-20	503	70.9%	$ 23,886	$ 43,211	$ 47,711	$ 67,437
2016-17 to 2020-21	475	72.9%	$ 26,500	$ 44,266	$ 49,482	$ 68,796
2017-18 to 2021-22	414	73.3%	$ 26,942	$ 44,139	$ 50,019	$ 69,644

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.