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Program Details
New River Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, O... (24.0199)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Uniform Certificate of General Studies

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

Degree Title: CERT

2010 CIP Code: 240199

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 08/2007

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 01/2007

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	22	13	68
2019-20	5	2	48
2020-21	26	15	49
2021-22	29	13	52
2022-23	1	1	41

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.03		$ 1,363

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	68	0	68
2019-20	46	2	48
2020-21	49	0	49
2021-22	51	1	52
2022-23	41	0	41
Five Year Summary	255	3	258

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	4	6	0	5	258	5	220	6	258

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)	197	54%	$38,298	$50,465	$65,726
2013-14 (8 years)	303	60%	$31,778	$44,626	$56,114
2016-17 (5 years)	244	65%	$24,109	$36,205	$47,678
2018-19 (3 years)	259	65%	$16,162	$24,576	$32,758
2020-21 (18 months)	250	62%	$9,465	$14,009	$21,270

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	69	27.3%	$ 5,196	$ 8,196	$ 10,749	$ 14,969
2014-15 to 2018-19	61	23.6%	$ 5,196	$ 7,916	$ 9,733	$ 13,454
2015-16 to 2019-20	55	21.2%	$ 3,960	$ 7,422	$ 9,126	$ 11,878
2016-17 to 2020-21	41	16.4%	$ 3,958	$ 6,368	$ 8,516	$ 11,878
2017-18 to 2021-22	34	12.6%	$ 3,500	$ 5,472	$ 7,409	$ 10,888

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	70	27.7%	$ 5,196	$ 8,550	$ 11,270	$ 15,339
2014-15 to 2018-19	62	23.9%	$ 5,196	$ 7,917	$ 10,221	$ 13,854
2015-16 to 2019-20	56	21.6%	$ 3,965	$ 7,669	$ 9,494	$ 12,001
2016-17 to 2020-21	42	16.8%	$ 3,958	$ 6,628	$ 9,640	$ 12,124
2017-18 to 2021-22	35	13.0%	$ 3,500	$ 5,552	$ 8,350	$ 11,344

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.