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Germanna Community College

Design and Visual Communications, General (50.0401)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Design & Visual Communications
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: CERT
2010 CIP Code: 500401

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesNo

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  05/2000
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-1937268
2019-2038247
2020-2150349
2021-22633813
2022-2358397

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.7129$ 1,819




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
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2018-19808
2019-20707
2020-21909
2021-2213013
2022-23707
Five Year Summary44044
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years190044425044



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 YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)2264%$24,188$56,036$69,592
2013-14 (8 years)2966%$20,989$40,211$54,877
2016-17 (5 years)2352%$19,847$31,090$41,543
2018-19 (3 years)2357%$25,446$29,906$40,705
2020-21 (18 months)3447%$11,228$17,485$31,357



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18
2014-15 to 2018-19
2015-16 to 2019-20
2016-17 to 2020-21
2017-18 to 2021-221126.8%$ 11,898$ 20,371$ 23,339$ 22,874
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 PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18
2014-15 to 2018-19
2015-16 to 2019-20
2016-17 to 2020-21
2017-18 to 2021-221126.8%$ 16,681$ 21,356$ 28,096$ 31,618


More Details on Enrollment History.


More Details on Degree Awards History.


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