Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years
Wage Outcomes




Wage Outcomes, 2020 Calendar Year
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions, Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years
Earnings in 2020Median WagePercentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
20 Years (1999-00 Graduates) $47,29333%
15 Years (2004-05 Graduates) $48,03851%
10 Years (2009-10 Graduates) $43,18056%
8 Years (2011-12 Graduates) $43,90457%
5 Years (2014-15 Graduates) $37,42559%
3 Years (2016-17 Graduates) $28,83660%
18 Months (2018-19 Graduates) $19,85355%
Only years/programs meeting disclosure rules will be displayed to protect individual confidentiality.

Wages in 2020
Years Post-Completion10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
20 Years (1999-00 Graduates) $17,527$30,048$47,293$71,492$101,376
15 Years (2004-05 Graduates) $18,981$32,073$48,038$70,928$96,779
10 Years (2009-10 Graduates) $18,478$29,628$43,180$59,898$81,192
8 Years (2011-12 Graduates) $17,312$29,404$43,904$61,643$85,009
5 Years (2014-15 Graduates) $14,071$24,630$37,425$52,533$71,014
3 Years (2016-17 Graduates) $8,382$16,172$28,836$44,329$63,063
18 Months (2018-19 Graduates) $5,029$10,009$19,853$34,522$51,247

As reminder, the median value represents the very middle value of the sample of values (wage or debt) sorted from low to high. This value is found in the middle line of the barcharts.
The remaining values in the chart are constructed similarly, to display how wages and earnings are distributed. Thus, while the median tells us the middle wage, the values for the 25th and 75th percentiles tell us that half of the graduates with wages fall between those two values. Likewise, 80% of reported wages fall between the 10th and 90th percentiles. The length of each bar section clue to the dispersion in the data - that is, how much earnings can vary within a range a group of individuals.
Top 10 Largest Programs at Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years Level, 2020 Median Wages Three Years Post-Completion
InstitutionProgram TitleMedian Wage
Northern Virginia Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$28,132
Germanna Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$29,407
Laurel Ridge Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$24,227
Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$27,907
Brightpoint Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$28,961
Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$25,077
J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$27,315
Central Virginia Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$19,895
Blue Ridge Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$27,951
Wytheville Community CollegeLiberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other (240199)$23,249

NOTE: Fewer than 10 programs may be displayed if they disclosure rules for providing wage outcome data are not met.
Top 25 Programs by Enrollment
Top 25 Programs by Degrees Awarded


Graduate Debt
Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years
Student Loans



Known Debt at Graduation of Student Borrowers
Year% of grads25th PercentileMedianEstimated Payment on Median DebtMean75th Percentile
2017-1826%$5,474$10,750$114$13,890$18,388
2018-1926%$5,444$10,884$115$14,359$18,500
2019-2024%$5,442$10,394$110$13,578$17,473
2020-2124%$5,444$10,129$107$13,909$17,410
2021-2221%$5,224$9,500$101$13,027$17,320

Note: The four-year bachelor’s degree mean and median debt levels reported on this site may differ from that reported by individual institutions. Many institutions report indebtedness based on the Common Data Set definition, which limits the indebtedness level reported to include only those students who entered the institution as first-time in college (FTIC) students. The inclusion of graduates who entered as transfer students may tend to lower the overall mean or median debt level because it does not include any debt that transfer students acquired while attending previous institutions outside Virginia and relatively few transfers from Virginia’s two-year colleges incur debt prior to transfer. Repayment estimates assume a standard 10-year repayment rate, and a 5% interest rate for undegraduate loans (for which multiple interest rates exist) and 6.8% for graduate and professional programs. Borrowers with federal loans may be eligible for Income Driven Repayment, which may result in lower payments.


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