Higher Ed Info for Virginia

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Associate's Degree (Occupational/Technical Credit)
Wage Outcomes

Also known as a "Career Technical" degree. Typically we have information on approximately 80% of the graduates of the career technical associate degree with about 60% being identified as being employed in Virginia at a full-time wage employment level. Even though the degree is not designed for transfer, it is not unusual for 8-10% of these graduates to transfer into bachelor programs. This has been especially true in nursing programs and programs design specifically for these graduates.

Programs in this category of degree award include Business Administration, Computer and Information Sciences, Criminal Justice, various Engineering Technology subjects,Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Radiation Technology, and Veterinary Assistants. This is just a sampling of fields of study that make it possible for modern society to exist.

Wage Outcomes, 2023 Calendar Year

Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions, Associate's Degree (Occupational/Technical Credit)
Earnings in 2023	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage
20 Years (2002-03 Graduates)	$66,238	47%
15 Years (2007-08 Graduates)	$68,852	55%
10 Years (2012-13 Graduates)	$64,260	58%
8 Years (2014-15 Graduates)	$60,660	61%
5 Years (2017-18 Graduates)	$58,393	64%
3 Years (2019-20 Graduates)	$58,300	68%

Only years/programs meeting disclosure rules will be displayed to protect individual confidentiality.

Wages in 2023
Years Post-Completion	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
	80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
20 Years (2002-03 Graduates)	$26,414	$44,551	$66,238	$96,873	$133,312
15 Years (2007-08 Graduates)	$26,479	$44,770	$68,852	$96,983	$129,148
10 Years (2012-13 Graduates)	$25,876	$41,828	$64,260	$88,285	$118,501
8 Years (2014-15 Graduates)	$24,524	$41,204	$60,660	$82,347	$108,647
5 Years (2017-18 Graduates)	$25,249	$40,065	$58,393	$79,679	$105,515
3 Years (2019-20 Graduates)	$24,478	$40,389	$58,300	$79,732	$99,688

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.

Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions,
Programs Rank Ordered by Cohort Size	Median Wage	Percentage of Graduates w/ Reported Wage	Median Debt	Percentage of Graduates with Student Debt
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	$40,937	56%	$15,222	45%
Industrial Technology/Technician	$56,198	58%	$10,480	23%
Accounting and Related Services, Other	$42,867	63%	$11,217	37%
Child Care Provider/Assistant	$27,577	57%	$11,477	33%
Career Services Certificate	$33,123	67%	$18,140	54%
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other	$30,409	64%	$10,571	29%
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$49,203	63%	$11,896	31%
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	$42,425	62%	$12,863	28%
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	$42,522	65%	$10,853	32%
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	$64,577	69%	$15,675	46%

Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions, (Disclosable Programs)
Programs Rank Ordered by Cohort Size, 3-year Wage Outcomes	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
	80% of graduates with full-time wages fall within this range
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	$17,197	$30,149	$40,937	$54,455	$69,627
Industrial Technology/Technician	$21,153	$38,107	$56,198	$75,668	$94,793
Accounting and Related Services, Other	$17,717	$29,607	$42,867	$59,058	$75,881
Child Care Provider/Assistant	$12,212	$19,276	$27,577	$38,022	$51,484
Career Services Certificate	$15,219	$23,360	$33,123	$43,887	$57,095
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other	$14,221	$22,148	$30,409	$38,800	$46,716
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$19,645	$33,552	$49,203	$69,305	$101,680
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	$15,655	$28,713	$42,425	$57,333	$79,354
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	$17,159	$30,139	$42,522	$56,281	$74,681
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	$32,420	$50,295	$64,577	$77,628	$93,389

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
Associate's Degree (Occupational/Technical Credit)
Student Loans

Known Debt at Graduation of Student Borrowers
Year	% of grads	25th Percentile	Median	Estimated Payment on Median Debt	Mean	75th Percentile
2019-20	38%	$6,859	$14,500	$154	$18,482	$25,743
2020-21	37%	$6,930	$15,000	$159	$19,259	$26,476
2021-22	36%	$6,432	$13,475	$143	$18,026	$25,728
2022-23	33%	$5,940	$12,972	$138	$17,359	$24,740
2023-24	29%	$5,471	$11,805	$125	$16,839	$23,011

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.