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Program Details
Grand Total, All Reporting Institutions
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

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Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

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BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	17,803	13,300	3,624
2020-21	16,695	12,585	3,744
2021-22	15,685	11,694	3,640
2022-23	17,437	12,519	3,393
2023-24	15,405	11,670	3,697

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.14	58	$ 1,975

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	3,567	27	3,594
2019-20	3,590	34	3,624
2020-21	3,690	54	3,744
2021-22	3,576	64	3,640
2022-23	3,339	54	3,393
Five Year Summary	17,762	233	17,995

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	130	2,005	56	387	17,995	1,351	12,992	332	17,995

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)	14,003	59%	$36,424	$51,073	$69,817
2013-14 (8 years)	15,908	60%	$34,120	$47,983	$65,165
2016-17 (5 years)	17,957	62%	$27,557	$41,025	$55,251
2018-19 (3 years)	18,309	61%	$17,261	$29,784	$44,723
2020-21 (18 months)	18,200	57%	$9,218	$18,292	$31,173

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	4,827	26.5%	$ 5,442	$ 8,000	$ 11,225	$ 14,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	4,734	25.9%	$ 5,442	$ 8,250	$ 11,423	$ 14,844
2015-16 to 2019-20	4,572	24.9%	$ 5,442	$ 8,206	$ 11,505	$ 14,841
2016-17 to 2020-21	4,364	24.0%	$ 5,444	$ 8,373	$ 11,689	$ 15,093
2017-18 to 2021-22	4,137	22.7%	$ 5,444	$ 8,372	$ 11,813	$ 15,127

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	4,859	26.7%	$ 5,444	$ 9,405	$ 12,656	$ 16,449
2014-15 to 2018-19	4,772	26.1%	$ 5,444	$ 9,562	$ 12,927	$ 16,672
2015-16 to 2019-20	4,604	25.1%	$ 5,444	$ 9,600	$ 13,132	$ 16,750
2016-17 to 2020-21	4,399	24.2%	$ 5,500	$ 9,887	$ 13,411	$ 17,315
2017-18 to 2021-22	4,174	22.9%	$ 5,500	$ 9,898	$ 13,578	$ 17,426

More Details on Enrollment History.

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