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Tidewater Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal (22.0302)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Legal Assist/Paralegal
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: CERT
2010 CIP Code: 220302

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  Before SCHEV
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-191177
2019-201052
2020-21743
2021-221287
2022-23434

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.1025$ 2,605




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
2018-19707
2019-20202
2020-21303
2021-22707
2022-23404
Five Year Summary23023
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 Years09002339023



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)2948%$36,556$47,264$59,756
2013-14 (8 years)4466%$35,359$46,854$61,190
2016-17 (5 years)4262%$28,864$37,621$50,234
2018-19 (3 years)4264%$15,128$30,040$38,844
2020-21 (18 months)3165%$23,665$31,334$38,890



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 2017-181840.9%$ 6,964$ 15,171$ 17,022$ 23,492
2014-15 to 2018-191842.9%$ 3,500$ 12,243$ 14,212$ 22,750
2015-16 to 2019-201643.2%$ 4,464$ 11,132$ 13,993$ 19,658
2016-17 to 2020-211238.7%$ 7,417$ 11,132$ 16,975$ 29,154
2017-18 to 2021-221546.9%$ 9,369$ 11,872$ 18,183$ 34,850
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 2017-181840.9%$ 6,964$ 15,171$ 17,244$ 23,492
2014-15 to 2018-191842.9%$ 3,500$ 12,243$ 14,434$ 22,750
2015-16 to 2019-201643.2%$ 4,464$ 11,132$ 14,243$ 19,658
2016-17 to 2020-211238.7%$ 7,417$ 11,132$ 17,308$ 29,154
2017-18 to 2021-221546.9%$ 9,369$ 11,872$ 18,450$ 34,850


More Details on Enrollment History.


More Details on Degree Awards History.


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