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Program Details
Brightpoint Community College
General Studies (24.0102)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

General Studies

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

Degree Title: AS

2010 CIP Code: 240102

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2010

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2010

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	3,140	2,030	491
2019-20	1,847	1,184	435
2020-21	1,018	621	297
2021-22	491	360	171
2022-23	502	334	110

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.18	61	$ 2,217

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	488	3	491
2019-20	432	3	435
2020-21	293	4	297
2021-22	171	0	171
2022-23	110	0	110
Five Year Summary	1,494	10	1,504

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	11	286	7	46	1,504	134	914	25	1,504

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)	365	66%	$37,373	$52,534	$73,020
2013-14 (8 years)	984	67%	$35,063	$49,582	$65,369
2016-17 (5 years)	1,720	67%	$28,852	$43,419	$57,244
2018-19 (3 years)	2,029	66%	$21,465	$33,375	$47,204
2020-21 (18 months)	2,064	64%	$12,257	$21,411	$33,701

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	715	38.6%	$ 5,600	$ 10,390	$ 13,689	$ 17,810
2014-15 to 2018-19	774	38.1%	$ 5,500	$ 9,897	$ 13,517	$ 17,591
2015-16 to 2019-20	777	36.3%	$ 5,500	$ 9,898	$ 13,404	$ 17,349
2016-17 to 2020-21	736	35.7%	$ 5,444	$ 9,326	$ 12,797	$ 16,415
2017-18 to 2021-22	618	33.8%	$ 5,444	$ 8,710	$ 12,197	$ 15,650

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	718	38.7%	$ 6,147	$ 11,383	$ 14,656	$ 19,014
2014-15 to 2018-19	778	38.3%	$ 5,587	$ 10,500	$ 14,442	$ 18,802
2015-16 to 2019-20	780	36.4%	$ 5,712	$ 10,657	$ 14,427	$ 18,387
2016-17 to 2020-21	739	35.8%	$ 5,500	$ 9,900	$ 13,974	$ 18,111
2017-18 to 2021-22	620	33.9%	$ 5,500	$ 9,579	$ 13,497	$ 17,659

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.