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Program Details
Blue Ridge Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, O... (24.0199)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Uniform Certificate of General Studies

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

Degree Title: CERT

2010 CIP Code: 240199

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) BCHE

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	667	478	245
2019-20	748	574	244
2020-21	867	632	266
2021-22	795	575	247
2022-23	862	644	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.16	12	$ 2,150

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	245	0	245
2019-20	243	1	244
2020-21	264	2	266
2021-22	245	2	247
2022-23	138	1	139
Five Year Summary	1,135	6	1,141

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	16	40	2	24	1,141	167	819	35	1,141

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	65%	$36,429	$51,918	$70,076
2013-14 (8 years)	869	67%	$35,224	$49,402	$66,128
2016-17 (5 years)	1,190	69%	$30,746	$44,444	$58,373
2018-19 (3 years)	1,262	72%	$20,499	$32,692	$48,125
2020-21 (18 months)	1,303	66%	$9,686	$18,001	$31,508

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	454	39.3%	$ 5,114	$ 9,590	$ 13,009	$ 17,316
2014-15 to 2018-19	495	39.2%	$ 5,441	$ 9,402	$ 12,911	$ 16,546
2015-16 to 2019-20	490	36.1%	$ 5,442	$ 9,358	$ 12,859	$ 16,333
2016-17 to 2020-21	445	34.2%	$ 5,444	$ 10,380	$ 13,798	$ 17,597
2017-18 to 2021-22	407	31.8%	$ 5,444	$ 10,000	$ 13,497	$ 17,816

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	457	39.5%	$ 5,441	$ 10,392	$ 14,369	$ 18,258
2014-15 to 2018-19	499	39.5%	$ 5,442	$ 10,392	$ 14,230	$ 18,239
2015-16 to 2019-20	492	36.2%	$ 5,442	$ 10,276	$ 14,380	$ 17,606
2016-17 to 2020-21	448	34.4%	$ 5,444	$ 10,919	$ 15,556	$ 20,439
2017-18 to 2021-22	411	32.1%	$ 5,444	$ 10,886	$ 15,225	$ 20,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.