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Program Details
Southside Virginia 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) 06/2006

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	191	219	341
2019-20	52	46	127
2020-21	326	225	168
2021-22	436	335	158
2022-23	636	414	213

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.33	38	$ 1,585

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	339	2	341
2019-20	127	0	127
2020-21	168	0	168
2021-22	157	1	158
2022-23	213	0	213
Five Year Summary	1,004	3	1,007

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	279	4	14	1,007	50	599	18	1,007

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)	207	53%	$38,658	$52,391	$67,183
2013-14 (8 years)	682	60%	$32,248	$47,221	$65,915
2016-17 (5 years)	1,067	67%	$24,580	$37,919	$53,773
2018-19 (3 years)	1,166	61%	$12,798	$24,176	$37,159
2020-21 (18 months)	1,160	53%	$6,589	$13,832	$26,915

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	77	7.4%	$ 4,500	$ 6,436	$ 9,090	$ 10,479
2014-15 to 2018-19	89	7.6%	$ 4,456	$ 6,500	$ 8,922	$ 10,479
2015-16 to 2019-20	89	7.8%	$ 4,701	$ 5,500	$ 8,990	$ 10,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	91	7.8%	$ 5,442	$ 6,005	$ 9,155	$ 11,380
2017-18 to 2021-22	78	7.6%	$ 4,701	$ 5,500	$ 9,027	$ 9,500

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	78	7.5%	$ 5,195	$ 7,461	$ 11,304	$ 11,424
2014-15 to 2018-19	91	7.8%	$ 4,500	$ 7,500	$ 10,338	$ 11,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	91	8.0%	$ 4,750	$ 7,500	$ 11,458	$ 14,853
2016-17 to 2020-21	94	8.1%	$ 5,442	$ 7,500	$ 11,868	$ 16,080
2017-18 to 2021-22	80	7.8%	$ 4,726	$ 7,500	$ 11,877	$ 16,658

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.