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Program Details
Southwest Virginia Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies and Hum

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 240101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	617	490	121
2019-20	775	661	121
2020-21	646	571	186
2021-22	642	566	161
2022-23	594	538	145

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.18	57	$ 1,536

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	120	1	121
2019-20	117	4	121
2020-21	179	7	186
2021-22	153	8	161
2022-23	142	3	145
Five Year Summary	711	23	734

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	0	3	2	3	734	8	704	5	734

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)	715	58%	$33,678	$43,399	$58,766
2013-14 (8 years)	699	59%	$30,328	$41,547	$54,890
2016-17 (5 years)	694	64%	$27,188	$38,324	$50,476
2018-19 (3 years)	707	58%	$19,600	$29,604	$40,597
2020-21 (18 months)	733	55%	$8,919	$17,269	$27,598

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	131	18.5%	$ 5,444	$ 7,000	$ 9,766	$ 12,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	116	16.4%	$ 5,443	$ 6,500	$ 9,526	$ 12,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	109	15.7%	$ 5,250	$ 6,432	$ 9,072	$ 11,880
2016-17 to 2020-21	108	14.7%	$ 5,444	$ 6,500	$ 9,084	$ 11,663
2017-18 to 2021-22	105	14.2%	$ 5,444	$ 6,434	$ 9,902	$ 12,368

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	131	18.5%	$ 5,500	$ 7,962	$ 11,762	$ 16,482
2014-15 to 2018-19	117	16.5%	$ 5,500	$ 7,766	$ 11,731	$ 16,006
2015-16 to 2019-20	110	15.9%	$ 5,444	$ 7,500	$ 11,148	$ 14,801
2016-17 to 2020-21	110	15.0%	$ 5,500	$ 7,629	$ 11,658	$ 16,006
2017-18 to 2021-22	107	14.5%	$ 5,729	$ 9,990	$ 13,030	$ 18,851

More Details on Enrollment History.

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