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Mountain Empire Community College

Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other (52.0499)
Longer-Term Undergraduate Certificate
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Business Operations Support
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: CERT
2010 CIP Code: 520499

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesNo

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  05/2005
Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)  11/2004
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2020-21433
2021-22532
2022-23342
2023-24863
2024-251083

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage 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
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2020-21303
2021-22202
2022-23202
2023-24303
2024-25303
Five Year Summary13013
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years000013112013



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 YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2012-13 (10 years)720%
2014-15 (8 years)570%
2017-18 (5 years)310%
2019-20 (3 years)520%



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20
2016-17 to 2020-2100.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
2017-18 to 2021-2200.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
2018-19 to 2022-2300.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
2019-20 to 2023-2400.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
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 PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20
2016-17 to 2020-2100.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
2017-18 to 2021-2200.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
2018-19 to 2022-2300.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0
2019-20 to 2023-2400.0%$ 0$ 0$ 0$ 0


More Details on Enrollment History.


More Details on Degree Awards History.


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