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Program Details
Mountain Gateway Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Gen Stud and Hum

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 240101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1982

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	348	279	55
2019-20	373	288	53
2020-21	312	255	51
2021-22	253	212	65
2022-23	206	167	65

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.73	57	$ 1,633

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	54	1	55
2019-20	53	0	53
2020-21	50	1	51
2021-22	65	0	65
2022-23	65	0	65
Five Year Summary	287	2	289

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	12	2	1	289	6	259	1	289

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)	160	71%	$36,038	$49,238	$61,171
2013-14 (8 years)	182	73%	$31,053	$44,054	$54,571
2016-17 (5 years)	229	71%	$25,633	$34,668	$49,140
2018-19 (3 years)	260	64%	$20,131	$33,545	$46,810
2020-21 (18 months)	271	60%	$9,695	$19,841	$32,410

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	86	36.1%	$ 5,072	$ 11,125	$ 12,754	$ 17,759
2014-15 to 2018-19	94	36.2%	$ 6,378	$ 11,268	$ 13,387	$ 18,114
2015-16 to 2019-20	92	33.8%	$ 5,622	$ 11,125	$ 12,596	$ 17,146
2016-17 to 2020-21	92	33.9%	$ 5,073	$ 9,452	$ 11,669	$ 15,525
2017-18 to 2021-22	93	33.0%	$ 5,444	$ 9,207	$ 11,313	$ 14,996

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	86	36.1%	$ 5,296	$ 11,268	$ 14,203	$ 19,788
2014-15 to 2018-19	95	36.5%	$ 6,432	$ 11,537	$ 14,955	$ 20,275
2015-16 to 2019-20	94	34.6%	$ 6,432	$ 11,494	$ 14,403	$ 19,788
2016-17 to 2020-21	94	34.7%	$ 6,378	$ 10,138	$ 13,591	$ 17,759
2017-18 to 2021-22	95	33.7%	$ 6,378	$ 9,500	$ 13,398	$ 17,323

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.