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Program Details
Northern Virginia Community College
Social Sciences, General (45.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Social Sciences

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

Degree Title: AS

2010 CIP Code: 450101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 01/2007

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 01/2007

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	3,893	2,810	515
2019-20	3,510	2,427	511
2020-21	2,518	1,775	504
2021-22	1,863	1,317	370
2022-23	1,624	1,114	349

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.56	67	$ 2,385

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	504	11	515
2019-20	500	11	511
2020-21	496	8	504
2021-22	360	10	370
2022-23	344	5	349
Five Year Summary	2,204	45	2,249

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	87	292	3	214	2,249	643	837	50	2,249

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)	1,566	49%	$45,892	$65,626	$84,319
2013-14 (8 years)	2,520	52%	$40,404	$59,979	$75,440
2016-17 (5 years)	3,017	57%	$29,820	$46,430	$63,069
2018-19 (3 years)	2,906	59%	$21,027	$33,369	$49,004
2020-21 (18 months)	2,624	56%	$10,730	$20,466	$34,488

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	1,216	40.5%	$ 5,710	$ 11,017	$ 13,892	$ 18,750
2014-15 to 2018-19	1,159	39.9%	$ 5,690	$ 10,888	$ 13,808	$ 18,678
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,068	38.7%	$ 5,500	$ 11,111	$ 13,788	$ 18,183
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,025	39.1%	$ 5,500	$ 11,253	$ 13,697	$ 18,109
2017-18 to 2021-22	918	37.3%	$ 5,444	$ 10,941	$ 13,742	$ 17,942

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	1,219	40.6%	$ 6,184	$ 11,874	$ 14,560	$ 19,798
2014-15 to 2018-19	1,163	40.0%	$ 5,938	$ 11,407	$ 14,475	$ 19,685
2015-16 to 2019-20	1,071	38.8%	$ 5,764	$ 11,874	$ 14,693	$ 19,601
2016-17 to 2020-21	1,027	39.1%	$ 5,650	$ 11,876	$ 14,707	$ 19,666
2017-18 to 2021-22	922	37.5%	$ 5,500	$ 11,874	$ 14,784	$ 19,298

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.