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Program Details
Blue Ridge Community College
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinar... (01.8301)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Veterinary Technology

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 510808

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2020-21	123	82	39
2021-22	114	79	34
2022-23	128	91	37
2023-24	121	85	38
2024-25	142	93	38

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

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
2020-21	39	0	39
2021-22	34	0	34
2022-23	36	1	37
2023-24	38	0	38
2024-25	38	0	38
Five Year Summary	185	1	186

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	4	0	1	186	10	161	4	186

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)	230	0%
2014-15 (8 years)	247	0%
2017-18 (5 years)	250	0%
2019-20 (3 years)	386	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	184	47.7%	$ 8,903	$ 14,856	$ 18,901	$ 26,006
2016-17 to 2020-21	184	47.2%	$ 9,325	$ 16,267	$ 20,702	$ 29,323
2017-18 to 2021-22	168	45.4%	$ 10,086	$ 17,390	$ 21,892	$ 30,686
2018-19 to 2022-23	122	37.4%	$ 10,470	$ 17,817	$ 22,563	$ 31,552
2019-20 to 2023-24	116	33.0%	$ 8,728	$ 14,935	$ 20,647	$ 28,493

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	184	47.7%	$ 8,903	$ 14,886	$ 22,575	$ 30,235
2016-17 to 2020-21	184	47.2%	$ 9,325	$ 17,159	$ 25,666	$ 32,330
2017-18 to 2021-22	168	45.4%	$ 10,485	$ 17,820	$ 26,979	$ 34,256
2018-19 to 2022-23	122	37.4%	$ 11,125	$ 19,820	$ 27,979	$ 34,748
2019-20 to 2023-24	116	33.0%	$ 9,250	$ 17,390	$ 25,936	$ 31,685

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.