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Program Details
Rappahannock 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: 07/2007

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2007

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	803	612	218
2019-20	693	539	217
2020-21	590	475	189
2021-22	581	447	198
2022-23	540	417	194

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.26	18	$ 1,843

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	218	0	218
2019-20	215	2	217
2020-21	187	2	189
2021-22	198	0	198
2022-23	192	2	194
Five Year Summary	1,010	6	1,016

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	1	158	14	16	1,016	43	707	25	1,016

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)	521	63%	$38,603	$52,343	$67,446
2013-14 (8 years)	907	65%	$33,109	$46,543	$64,858
2016-17 (5 years)	1,048	65%	$25,350	$39,988	$53,986
2018-19 (3 years)	1,084	59%	$17,965	$29,612	$43,322
2020-21 (18 months)	1,072	54%	$8,644	$18,158	$29,954

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	170	16.1%	$ 5,158	$ 7,219	$ 9,321	$ 12,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	155	14.3%	$ 5,444	$ 7,500	$ 9,757	$ 12,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	147	13.5%	$ 5,442	$ 7,500	$ 9,884	$ 12,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	147	13.7%	$ 4,500	$ 7,422	$ 9,483	$ 12,125
2017-18 to 2021-22	130	12.7%	$ 4,500	$ 6,961	$ 9,625	$ 12,146

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	171	16.2%	$ 5,444	$ 8,966	$ 11,421	$ 15,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	156	14.4%	$ 5,500	$ 10,101	$ 12,574	$ 15,894
2015-16 to 2019-20	148	13.6%	$ 5,500	$ 9,870	$ 12,696	$ 15,181
2016-17 to 2020-21	148	13.8%	$ 5,472	$ 9,090	$ 12,541	$ 17,563
2017-18 to 2021-22	130	12.7%	$ 5,442	$ 8,343	$ 12,326	$ 15,500

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.