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Program Details
Mountain Empire 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: 09/1980

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	460	371	101
2019-20	521	407	107
2020-21	486	396	146
2021-22	400	309	110
2022-23	345	263	119

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
2.95	47	$ 1,451

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	100	1	101
2019-20	106	1	107
2020-21	140	6	146
2021-22	106	4	110
2022-23	118	1	119
Five Year Summary	570	13	583

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	10	0	5	583	5	552	3	583

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)	314	46%	$32,751	$43,020	$49,767
2013-14 (8 years)	397	48%	$29,196	$39,469	$48,319
2016-17 (5 years)	499	54%	$25,248	$36,558	$43,699
2018-19 (3 years)	501	55%	$14,721	$26,387	$35,381
2020-21 (18 months)	557	52%	$8,887	$14,863	$25,643

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	71	14.3%	$ 2,613	$ 4,354	$ 5,415	$ 6,844
2014-15 to 2018-19	69	13.8%	$ 2,613	$ 4,452	$ 5,368	$ 6,434
2015-16 to 2019-20	60	11.9%	$ 2,667	$ 5,148	$ 6,511	$ 8,052
2016-17 to 2020-21	63	11.3%	$ 2,721	$ 5,500	$ 7,609	$ 8,659
2017-18 to 2021-22	59	10.6%	$ 2,722	$ 5,936	$ 8,821	$ 11,380

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	71	14.3%	$ 2,613	$ 4,354	$ 5,739	$ 6,929
2014-15 to 2018-19	71	14.2%	$ 2,583	$ 4,354	$ 5,675	$ 6,556
2015-16 to 2019-20	62	12.3%	$ 2,613	$ 5,089	$ 6,779	$ 8,334
2016-17 to 2020-21	66	11.8%	$ 2,721	$ 5,459	$ 8,097	$ 10,390
2017-18 to 2021-22	62	11.2%	$ 2,722	$ 6,184	$ 9,593	$ 12,373

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.