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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Agricultural Production Operations, General (01.0301)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Agricultural Technology

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

Degree Title: AAG

2010 CIP Code: 010301

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	133	135	54
2019-20	112	113	55
2020-21	85	87	30
2021-22	80	81	35
2022-23	102	102	34

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 2,742

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	52	2	54
2019-20	52	3	55
2020-21	28	2	30
2021-22	34	1	35
2022-23	34	0	34
Five Year Summary	200	8	208

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	2	4	2	1	208	9	121	66	208

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)	217	61%	$42,974	$57,297	$81,319
2013-14 (8 years)	238	67%	$41,567	$52,976	$73,312
2016-17 (5 years)	262	68%	$36,542	$48,475	$62,306
2018-19 (3 years)	251	65%	$34,522	$43,655	$54,917
2020-21 (18 months)	228	58%	$26,643	$38,511	$44,573

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	140	56.9%	$ 10,921	$ 12,000	$ 17,634	$ 23,250
2014-15 to 2018-19	150	59.8%	$ 11,000	$ 12,000	$ 16,760	$ 19,500
2015-16 to 2019-20	157	61.1%	$ 10,000	$ 12,000	$ 16,793	$ 19,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	141	61.8%	$ 10,000	$ 12,000	$ 17,177	$ 19,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	130	60.7%	$ 9,890	$ 12,000	$ 17,047	$ 18,722

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	142	57.7%	$ 11,000	$ 17,100	$ 22,877	$ 34,000
2014-15 to 2018-19	152	60.6%	$ 11,150	$ 18,306	$ 24,407	$ 36,380
2015-16 to 2019-20	159	61.9%	$ 11,000	$ 18,750	$ 24,939	$ 38,360
2016-17 to 2020-21	142	62.3%	$ 11,000	$ 20,000	$ 26,010	$ 38,903
2017-18 to 2021-22	131	61.2%	$ 11,300	$ 19,000	$ 26,170	$ 39,045

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.