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Program Details
Blue Ridge Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Liberal Arts & Sciences, Gen Stud & Hum, Oth

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 240101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1981

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	1,776	1,229	249
2020-21	1,589	1,067	269
2021-22	1,374	942	234
2022-23	1,426	995	199
2023-24	1,404	980	253

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.06	65

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
2019-20	248	1	249
2020-21	268	1	269
2021-22	231	3	234
2022-23	198	1	199
2023-24	252	1	253
Five Year Summary	1,197	7	1,204

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	14	42	2	31	1,204	178	843	51	1,204

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2012-13 (10 years)	1,459	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	1,612	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	1,564	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	2,846	0%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	544	38.2%	$ 5,442	$ 9,358	$ 12,876	$ 16,412
2016-17 to 2020-21	496	36.8%	$ 5,444	$ 9,942	$ 13,579	$ 17,552
2017-18 to 2021-22	444	34.1%	$ 5,444	$ 9,845	$ 13,690	$ 18,313
2018-19 to 2022-23	406	33.1%	$ 5,444	$ 9,402	$ 13,315	$ 17,316

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	546	38.4%	$ 5,444	$ 10,169	$ 14,604	$ 18,181
2016-17 to 2020-21	498	37.0%	$ 5,444	$ 10,886	$ 15,264	$ 20,294
2017-18 to 2021-22	447	34.4%	$ 5,444	$ 10,886	$ 15,419	$ 20,591
2018-19 to 2022-23	409	33.4%	$ 5,444	$ 10,380	$ 14,983	$ 19,304

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.