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Program Details
Central Virginia Community College
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist (51.0908)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Respiratory Care Therapy

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 510908

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2000

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	15	12	9
2019-20	17	12	4
2020-21	21	18	6
2021-22	23	19	12
2022-23	15	14	8

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.68	52	$ 4,768

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	9	0	9
2019-20	4	0	4
2020-21	6	0	6
2021-22	11	1	12
2022-23	8	0	8
Five Year Summary	38	1	39

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	10	0	1	39	1	26	0	39

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)	57	60%	$32,941	$50,924	$68,335
2013-14 (8 years)	53	49%	$37,455	$51,107	$69,141
2016-17 (5 years)	55	64%	$42,142	$61,343	$75,165
2018-19 (3 years)	57	89%	$35,480	$56,276	$73,767
2020-21 (18 months)	44	95%	$49,220	$54,955	$61,960

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	26	47.3%	$ 6,681	$ 13,761	$ 18,458	$ 25,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	28	49.1%	$ 8,337	$ 16,164	$ 20,292	$ 26,885
2015-16 to 2019-20	23	44.2%	$ 7,173	$ 16,328	$ 19,773	$ 28,769
2016-17 to 2020-21	19	43.2%	$ 8,414	$ 16,328	$ 17,792	$ 24,624
2017-18 to 2021-22	18	40.9%	$ 5,444	$ 15,765	$ 14,753	$ 17,412

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	26	47.3%	$ 6,928	$ 14,382	$ 22,787	$ 33,372
2014-15 to 2018-19	28	49.1%	$ 9,863	$ 16,539	$ 25,296	$ 33,408
2015-16 to 2019-20	23	44.2%	$ 10,225	$ 16,750	$ 24,691	$ 33,372
2016-17 to 2020-21	19	43.2%	$ 8,414	$ 24,624	$ 25,522	$ 33,372
2017-18 to 2021-22	18	40.9%	$ 5,444	$ 16,539	$ 20,246	$ 30,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

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