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Program Details
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Welding Technology/Welder (48.0508)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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	Credit Hours	Program Offered
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Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	344	252	80
2019-20	352	252	68
2020-21	301	189	58
2021-22	329	228	69
2022-23	386	284	93

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
2.60	40	$ 3,328

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	79	1	80
2019-20	68	0	68
2020-21	57	1	58
2021-22	63	6	69
2022-23	92	1	93
Five Year Summary	359	9	368

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	36	0	0	368	21	296	3	368

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)	258	57%	$37,865	$48,629	$69,605
2013-14 (8 years)	311	54%	$34,084	$50,236	$71,819
2016-17 (5 years)	383	57%	$32,213	$46,564	$60,768
2018-19 (3 years)	411	62%	$27,861	$41,420	$54,619
2020-21 (18 months)	371	63%	$25,214	$38,139	$47,569

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	101	25.5%	$ 3,960	$ 6,731	$ 10,309	$ 14,100
2014-15 to 2018-19	100	24.3%	$ 3,954	$ 6,530	$ 10,667	$ 14,497
2015-16 to 2019-20	90	22.8%	$ 3,484	$ 6,343	$ 9,424	$ 12,866
2016-17 to 2020-21	83	22.4%	$ 3,464	$ 7,530	$ 10,773	$ 15,915
2017-18 to 2021-22	63	18.6%	$ 2,870	$ 9,400	$ 11,044	$ 16,769

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	102	25.8%	$ 3,960	$ 6,834	$ 11,103	$ 14,502
2014-15 to 2018-19	101	24.6%	$ 3,960	$ 6,731	$ 11,349	$ 15,324
2015-16 to 2019-20	92	23.3%	$ 3,475	$ 6,343	$ 9,701	$ 12,123
2016-17 to 2020-21	85	22.9%	$ 3,465	$ 8,616	$ 11,609	$ 15,915
2017-18 to 2021-22	64	18.9%	$ 3,415	$ 9,739	$ 11,793	$ 16,342

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.