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Program Details
Central 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: 12/2008

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 06/2008

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	461	419	315
2019-20	685	629	286
2020-21	1,005	778	325
2021-22	1,116	856	317
2022-23	1,116	840	271

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
1.81	19	$ 1,507

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	311	4	315
2019-20	286	0	286
2020-21	322	3	325
2021-22	317	0	317
2022-23	270	1	271
Five Year Summary	1,506	8	1,514

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	8	198	8	41	1,514	62	1,093	31	1,514

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)	542	66%	$37,922	$51,552	$68,700
2013-14 (8 years)	1,091	69%	$34,393	$47,648	$62,533
2016-17 (5 years)	1,294	66%	$26,798	$39,696	$54,321
2018-19 (3 years)	1,386	60%	$12,206	$23,450	$38,672
2020-21 (18 months)	1,505	58%	$5,937	$12,113	$23,131

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	200	14.7%	$ 4,478	$ 7,423	$ 9,987	$ 13,219
2014-15 to 2018-19	209	15.1%	$ 4,700	$ 7,500	$ 10,761	$ 13,569
2015-16 to 2019-20	223	15.4%	$ 5,444	$ 8,816	$ 12,107	$ 15,834
2016-17 to 2020-21	243	16.1%	$ 5,446	$ 8,906	$ 12,645	$ 16,163
2017-18 to 2021-22	252	16.1%	$ 5,500	$ 9,451	$ 13,267	$ 16,646

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	204	15.0%	$ 4,782	$ 7,864	$ 11,087	$ 15,159
2014-15 to 2018-19	212	15.3%	$ 4,869	$ 8,553	$ 12,005	$ 15,626
2015-16 to 2019-20	224	15.5%	$ 5,473	$ 9,894	$ 13,609	$ 17,708
2016-17 to 2020-21	245	16.3%	$ 5,500	$ 10,280	$ 14,481	$ 18,222
2017-18 to 2021-22	254	16.2%	$ 6,216	$ 10,630	$ 15,162	$ 18,970

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.