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Program Details
Mountain Gateway 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) BCHE

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	67	68	53
2019-20	115	102	53
2020-21	92	90	60
2021-22	102	99	73
2022-23	86	87	65

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.14	15	$ 1,608

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	53	0	53
2019-20	53	0	53
2020-21	59	1	60
2021-22	72	1	73
2022-23	64	1	65
Five Year Summary	301	3	304

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	0	14	2	1	304	7	269	1	304

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)	33	58%	$30,425	$43,383	$63,198
2013-14 (8 years)	33	64%	$32,695	$41,506	$56,835
2016-17 (5 years)	81	70%	$28,018	$34,134	$42,809
2018-19 (3 years)	187	63%	$19,480	$29,107	$39,786
2020-21 (18 months)	285	61%	$9,610	$18,072	$28,576

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	49	36.6%	$ 3,907	$ 10,892	$ 12,550	$ 19,303
2014-15 to 2018-19	67	35.8%	$ 3,907	$ 9,296	$ 11,976	$ 17,759
2015-16 to 2019-20	78	32.5%	$ 4,092	$ 9,498	$ 11,751	$ 16,481
2016-17 to 2020-21	87	30.5%	$ 4,554	$ 9,404	$ 11,619	$ 15,362
2017-18 to 2021-22	81	27.7%	$ 4,938	$ 9,296	$ 11,201	$ 13,652

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	49	36.6%	$ 4,570	$ 11,450	$ 14,028	$ 19,788
2014-15 to 2018-19	67	35.8%	$ 4,637	$ 10,892	$ 13,431	$ 19,303
2015-16 to 2019-20	79	32.9%	$ 4,702	$ 10,887	$ 13,276	$ 18,575
2016-17 to 2020-21	88	30.9%	$ 4,820	$ 9,642	$ 13,266	$ 16,902
2017-18 to 2021-22	82	28.1%	$ 5,500	$ 9,538	$ 13,246	$ 15,362

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.