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Program Details
Virginia Western Community College
General Studies (24.0102)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

General Studies

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

Degree Title: AS

2010 CIP Code: 240102

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1976

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	538	363	102
2019-20	446	303	100
2020-21	404	279	88
2021-22	385	266	85
2022-23	409	276	77

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.61	57	$ 1,879

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	101	1	102
2019-20	98	2	100
2020-21	86	2	88
2021-22	85	0	85
2022-23	77	0	77
Five Year Summary	447	5	452

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	40	2	14	452	24	350	4	452

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)	554	55%	$36,336	$48,796	$61,507
2013-14 (8 years)	620	60%	$31,881	$46,988	$59,920
2016-17 (5 years)	618	64%	$26,749	$37,542	$51,088
2018-19 (3 years)	557	60%	$17,530	$29,237	$41,877
2020-21 (18 months)	518	58%	$10,580	$20,500	$31,772

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	212	35.9%	$ 6,432	$ 10,154	$ 14,064	$ 18,368
2014-15 to 2018-19	207	37.2%	$ 5,550	$ 10,094	$ 13,824	$ 18,314
2015-16 to 2019-20	201	36.5%	$ 5,875	$ 10,503	$ 14,192	$ 17,810
2016-17 to 2020-21	177	34.2%	$ 6,384	$ 10,794	$ 14,176	$ 17,715
2017-18 to 2021-22	156	32.9%	$ 6,317	$ 10,324	$ 13,601	$ 16,247

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	213	36.1%	$ 6,432	$ 12,257	$ 15,974	$ 20,780
2014-15 to 2018-19	208	37.3%	$ 6,313	$ 12,313	$ 15,592	$ 20,773
2015-16 to 2019-20	202	36.7%	$ 6,384	$ 11,894	$ 15,907	$ 21,250
2016-17 to 2020-21	177	34.2%	$ 6,432	$ 11,876	$ 15,639	$ 20,475
2017-18 to 2021-22	157	33.1%	$ 6,432	$ 10,888	$ 14,877	$ 17,791

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.