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Program Details
University of Mary Washington
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, O... (24.0199)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Bachelor of Liberal Studies

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

Degree Title: BLS

2010 CIP Code: 240199

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1977

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	122	86	46
2020-21	115	81	38
2021-22	107	69	38
2022-23	94	68	33
2023-24	111	82	30

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.76	119	$ 4,123

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.29	48

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	59	0	59
2019-20	46	0	46
2020-21	36	2	38
2021-22	38	0	38
2022-23	32	1	33
Five Year Summary	211	3	214

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	1	23	1	9	214	27	130	18	214

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)	248	41%	$37,981	$60,473	$82,012
2013-14 (8 years)	249	44%	$38,721	$58,544	$77,661
2016-17 (5 years)	298	47%	$42,903	$56,650	$75,591
2018-19 (3 years)	283	53%	$35,321	$51,939	$82,883
2020-21 (18 months)	259	53%	$32,726	$50,310	$71,779

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	171	59.2%	$ 15,468	$ 23,802	$ 25,661	$ 34,318
2014-15 to 2018-19	165	58.3%	$ 15,392	$ 24,736	$ 26,238	$ 35,373
2015-16 to 2019-20	158	56.8%	$ 15,500	$ 25,108	$ 26,887	$ 36,790
2016-17 to 2020-21	149	57.5%	$ 16,100	$ 26,876	$ 28,049	$ 37,104
2017-18 to 2021-22	138	59.2%	$ 15,584	$ 25,543	$ 27,436	$ 37,104

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	171	59.2%	$ 15,500	$ 24,736	$ 26,250	$ 35,052
2014-15 to 2018-19	165	58.3%	$ 15,468	$ 25,000	$ 26,608	$ 36,368
2015-16 to 2019-20	158	56.8%	$ 15,542	$ 25,494	$ 27,311	$ 37,361
2016-17 to 2020-21	149	57.5%	$ 17,171	$ 27,210	$ 28,565	$ 37,698
2017-18 to 2021-22	138	59.2%	$ 15,585	$ 25,640	$ 27,949	$ 37,461

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.