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Program Details
Piedmont Virginia 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) 10/2008

Date Program Placed on Probation: BCHE

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	378	288	468
2019-20	328	257	364
2020-21	377	291	379
2021-22	353	277	341
2022-23	76	71	77

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.61	35	$ 2,187

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	465	3	468
2019-20	358	6	364
2020-21	376	3	379
2021-22	338	3	341
2022-23	77	0	77
Five Year Summary	1,614	15	1,629

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	27	127	7	87	1,629	121	1,138	33	1,629

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)	432	59%	$35,357	$50,466	$70,208
2013-14 (8 years)	695	58%	$31,118	$47,768	$63,807
2016-17 (5 years)	1,494	59%	$28,326	$41,056	$55,372
2018-19 (3 years)	1,995	59%	$18,981	$31,457	$45,107
2020-21 (18 months)	2,040	56%	$10,636	$21,181	$35,096

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	500	29.4%	$ 5,442	$ 8,982	$ 11,648	$ 15,339
2014-15 to 2018-19	574	28.8%	$ 5,442	$ 9,443	$ 12,353	$ 16,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	566	27.3%	$ 5,442	$ 9,500	$ 12,666	$ 16,300
2016-17 to 2020-21	514	25.2%	$ 5,226	$ 9,321	$ 12,215	$ 15,308
2017-18 to 2021-22	463	23.0%	$ 5,442	$ 9,500	$ 12,428	$ 15,564

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	505	29.7%	$ 5,442	$ 9,896	$ 13,288	$ 16,509
2014-15 to 2018-19	580	29.1%	$ 5,443	$ 10,136	$ 14,300	$ 18,402
2015-16 to 2019-20	572	27.6%	$ 5,442	$ 10,446	$ 14,693	$ 18,816
2016-17 to 2020-21	520	25.5%	$ 5,442	$ 9,977	$ 14,252	$ 17,394
2017-18 to 2021-22	470	23.3%	$ 5,442	$ 10,393	$ 14,351	$ 17,422

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.