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Program Details
Tidewater Community College
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General (12.0500)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Culinary Arts

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 120500

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 12/2008

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 07/2008

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	141	96	18
2019-20	106	67	14
2020-21	59	36	6
2021-22	75	48	7
2022-23	66	48	10

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.09	71	$ 2,360

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	17	1	18
2019-20	14	0	14
2020-21	6	0	6
2021-22	7	0	7
2022-23	10	0	10
Five Year Summary	54	1	55

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	31	0	2	55	6	10	1	55

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)	39	46%	$38,593	$50,071	$60,055
2013-14 (8 years)	100	50%	$17,314	$33,061	$42,563
2016-17 (5 years)	159	55%	$16,899	$26,646	$38,886
2018-19 (3 years)	151	70%	$11,192	$12,249	$13,152
2020-21 (18 months)	98	81%	$18,974	$26,396	$36,031

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	100	62.5%	$ 8,094	$ 14,365	$ 18,705	$ 28,196
2014-15 to 2018-19	100	66.2%	$ 9,504	$ 15,207	$ 19,189	$ 29,438
2015-16 to 2019-20	77	63.1%	$ 10,390	$ 16,603	$ 21,151	$ 30,296
2016-17 to 2020-21	67	68.4%	$ 10,000	$ 14,749	$ 19,839	$ 30,120
2017-18 to 2021-22	55	68.7%	$ 9,204	$ 16,328	$ 19,946	$ 30,120

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	100	62.5%	$ 8,094	$ 14,990	$ 18,998	$ 28,725
2014-15 to 2018-19	100	66.2%	$ 9,504	$ 16,345	$ 19,483	$ 29,904
2015-16 to 2019-20	77	63.1%	$ 10,390	$ 18,657	$ 21,532	$ 31,150
2016-17 to 2020-21	67	68.4%	$ 10,000	$ 16,328	$ 20,277	$ 30,296
2017-18 to 2021-22	55	68.7%	$ 9,204	$ 16,355	$ 20,479	$ 30,296

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.