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Program Details
Piedmont Virginia 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: 09/1974

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	1,699	1,006	234
2019-20	1,673	1,028	219
2020-21	1,520	938	170
2021-22	1,452	859	214
2022-23	1,354	876	161

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.83	62	$ 2,123

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	233	1	234
2019-20	215	4	219
2020-21	168	2	170
2021-22	210	4	214
2022-23	159	2	161
Five Year Summary	985	13	998

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	12	111	6	50	998	75	674	13	998

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)	276	61%	$36,900	$47,061	$71,125
2013-14 (8 years)	428	60%	$33,635	$46,335	$62,625
2016-17 (5 years)	722	61%	$27,634	$40,947	$55,507
2018-19 (3 years)	910	61%	$17,801	$30,492	$44,678
2020-21 (18 months)	1,000	58%	$10,480	$20,741	$34,335

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	270	33.8%	$ 5,442	$ 9,414	$ 12,120	$ 16,397
2014-15 to 2018-19	297	32.6%	$ 5,443	$ 9,610	$ 12,502	$ 17,151
2015-16 to 2019-20	302	30.3%	$ 5,500	$ 9,832	$ 13,210	$ 18,092
2016-17 to 2020-21	287	28.7%	$ 5,444	$ 9,940	$ 12,995	$ 17,334
2017-18 to 2021-22	273	26.7%	$ 5,444	$ 9,974	$ 13,135	$ 16,143

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	273	34.2%	$ 5,442	$ 10,140	$ 14,159	$ 20,126
2014-15 to 2018-19	300	33.0%	$ 5,444	$ 10,168	$ 14,937	$ 20,112
2015-16 to 2019-20	304	30.5%	$ 5,500	$ 10,862	$ 15,655	$ 20,985
2016-17 to 2020-21	289	28.9%	$ 5,500	$ 10,884	$ 15,094	$ 18,908
2017-18 to 2021-22	276	27.0%	$ 5,472	$ 10,946	$ 15,401	$ 18,690

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.