Program Wage and Debt Outcomes by Institution home page

Program Details
Laurel Ridge 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 & Humanities

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: 09/1981

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	1,954	1,330	491
2019-20	1,920	1,329	494
2020-21	1,648	1,150	498
2021-22	1,452	993	445
2022-23	1,460	1,028	431

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.40	58	$ 2,371

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	489	2	491
2019-20	489	5	494
2020-21	492	6	498
2021-22	435	10	445
2022-23	423	8	431
Five Year Summary	2,328	31	2,359

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	14	72	4	37	2,359	222	1,853	61	2,359

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)	1,774	59%	$39,708	$55,390	$76,229
2013-14 (8 years)	2,148	61%	$36,466	$52,246	$71,296
2016-17 (5 years)	2,450	63%	$30,873	$45,369	$62,035
2018-19 (3 years)	2,359	63%	$21,360	$35,402	$49,284
2020-21 (18 months)	2,355	60%	$11,204	$21,432	$36,818

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	740	31.1%	$ 4,861	$ 8,545	$ 11,223	$ 15,267
2014-15 to 2018-19	720	30.5%	$ 4,830	$ 8,234	$ 11,241	$ 14,868
2015-16 to 2019-20	705	29.6%	$ 5,000	$ 8,216	$ 11,607	$ 15,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	642	27.3%	$ 5,250	$ 8,583	$ 11,665	$ 14,684
2017-18 to 2021-22	574	24.6%	$ 5,444	$ 8,606	$ 11,755	$ 14,846

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	747	31.3%	$ 5,442	$ 9,454	$ 12,690	$ 17,432
2014-15 to 2018-19	728	30.9%	$ 5,266	$ 9,400	$ 12,727	$ 17,013
2015-16 to 2019-20	712	29.9%	$ 5,444	$ 9,477	$ 13,015	$ 16,898
2016-17 to 2020-21	648	27.5%	$ 5,500	$ 9,576	$ 12,956	$ 16,383
2017-18 to 2021-22	581	24.9%	$ 5,500	$ 10,000	$ 13,287	$ 17,000

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.