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Tidewater Community College

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians, Oth... (15.0899)
Short-Term Undergraduate Certificate
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Drafting Technology
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: CSC
2010 CIP Code: XXXXXX

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesYes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  Before SCHEV
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-19129198240
2019-20126136163
2020-2118823384
2021-22165224128
2022-2371127120

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
6.8136$ 3,848




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
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2018-1922218240
2019-201549163
2020-2177784
2021-2211810128
2022-231119120
Five Year Summary68253735
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years0202216735404297735



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 YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)15119%$39,562$61,895$81,765
2013-14 (8 years)52515%
2016-17 (5 years)1,12714%
2018-19 (3 years)1,26816%$23,014$57,608$73,722
2020-21 (18 months)1,03217%$19,575$54,079$71,664



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-1834829.3%$ 3,750$ 9,075$ 13,960$ 19,642
2014-15 to 2018-1937329.4%$ 4,047$ 10,119$ 14,371$ 20,000
2015-16 to 2019-2035129.2%$ 4,517$ 10,400$ 14,700$ 20,346
2016-17 to 2020-2130429.5%$ 4,584$ 10,120$ 14,520$ 19,798
2017-18 to 2021-2227230.6%$ 4,500$ 9,900$ 14,996$ 21,135
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 PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-1835129.6%$ 3,980$ 10,444$ 16,365$ 23,049
2014-15 to 2018-1937529.6%$ 4,491$ 11,061$ 16,709$ 23,382
2015-16 to 2019-2035329.3%$ 4,671$ 11,000$ 16,850$ 23,382
2016-17 to 2020-2130529.6%$ 4,907$ 10,885$ 16,773$ 23,245
2017-18 to 2021-2227230.6%$ 4,671$ 10,672$ 17,164$ 24,736


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