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Program Details
Virginia Western Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, O... (24.0199)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Uniform Certificate of General Studies

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

Degree Title: CERT

2010 CIP Code: 240199

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 05/2007

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy) 05/2007

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	60	44	86
2019-20	61	44	63
2020-21	48	31	18
2021-22	21	16	23
2022-23	19	48	113

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.73	1	$ 1,631

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	86	0	86
2019-20	62	1	63
2020-21	18	0	18
2021-22	23	0	23
2022-23	113	0	113
Five Year Summary	302	1	303

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	21	1	9	303	14	239	2	303

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)	455	59%	$36,944	$48,154	$62,722
2013-14 (8 years)	810	62%	$30,942	$46,568	$58,184
2016-17 (5 years)	982	69%	$27,025	$37,225	$48,772
2018-19 (3 years)	730	67%	$17,229	$29,025	$39,662
2020-21 (18 months)	377	63%	$8,301	$15,533	$26,315

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	210	25.4%	$ 4,970	$ 8,414	$ 11,970	$ 16,926
2014-15 to 2018-19	177	24.2%	$ 4,454	$ 8,129	$ 12,263	$ 17,316
2015-16 to 2019-20	146	25.0%	$ 4,452	$ 7,500	$ 11,657	$ 16,239
2016-17 to 2020-21	96	25.5%	$ 4,477	$ 6,500	$ 12,137	$ 17,486
2017-18 to 2021-22	61	29.5%	$ 5,442	$ 6,500	$ 11,676	$ 14,600

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	217	26.2%	$ 5,171	$ 9,400	$ 12,923	$ 17,869
2014-15 to 2018-19	183	25.1%	$ 4,788	$ 9,064	$ 12,973	$ 17,869
2015-16 to 2019-20	152	26.0%	$ 4,453	$ 8,065	$ 12,285	$ 17,317
2016-17 to 2020-21	101	26.8%	$ 4,788	$ 7,793	$ 12,645	$ 17,791
2017-18 to 2021-22	64	30.9%	$ 5,344	$ 7,250	$ 12,715	$ 16,879

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.