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Program Details
Northern Virginia Community College
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (51.0602)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Dental Hygiene

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 510602

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1979

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	72	58	39
2019-20	77	60	25
2020-21	69	54	33
2021-22	63	48	27
2022-23	58	45	24

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
8.56	49	$ 6,188

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	Total
2018-19	39	39
2019-20	25	25
2020-21	33	33
2021-22	27	27
2022-23	24	24
Five Year Summary	148	148

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	3	11	0	36	148	21	72	2	148

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)	213	75%	$58,208	$80,754	$94,813
2013-14 (8 years)	174	64%	$64,639	$80,225	$97,319
2016-17 (5 years)	169	73%	$65,970	$83,612	$98,024
2018-19 (3 years)	176	82%	$67,112	$80,250	$97,881
2020-21 (18 months)	163	78%	$56,846	$78,248	$90,118

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	102	60.4%	$ 14,848	$ 20,777	$ 23,066	$ 30,516
2014-15 to 2018-19	105	59.7%	$ 12,864	$ 20,776	$ 22,666	$ 30,516
2015-16 to 2019-20	93	56.7%	$ 13,175	$ 20,776	$ 22,723	$ 30,182
2016-17 to 2020-21	103	63.2%	$ 13,175	$ 20,776	$ 22,638	$ 30,516
2017-18 to 2021-22	92	59.4%	$ 13,281	$ 20,784	$ 24,801	$ 33,490

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	102	60.4%	$ 14,848	$ 20,780	$ 24,440	$ 33,317
2014-15 to 2018-19	105	59.7%	$ 12,864	$ 20,776	$ 23,945	$ 32,924
2015-16 to 2019-20	93	56.7%	$ 13,175	$ 20,776	$ 24,238	$ 32,924
2016-17 to 2020-21	103	63.2%	$ 13,175	$ 20,779	$ 23,895	$ 32,924
2017-18 to 2021-22	92	59.4%	$ 13,281	$ 20,784	$ 25,430	$ 35,503

More Details on Enrollment History.

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