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Program Details
Tidewater 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: 09/1977

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	5,461	3,774	472
2019-20	5,245	3,637	517
2020-21	4,370	2,980	599
2021-22	3,717	2,566	588
2022-23	3,135	2,218	583

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.18	64	$ 2,255

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	451	21	472
2019-20	499	18	517
2020-21	579	20	599
2021-22	569	19	588
2022-23	569	14	583
Five Year Summary	2,667	92	2,759

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	9	663	20	138	2,759	255	1,437	30	2,759

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)	1,509	54%	$36,152	$53,508	$70,766
2013-14 (8 years)	866	52%	$32,694	$50,442	$69,122
2016-17 (5 years)	676	52%	$28,204	$41,454	$58,925
2018-19 (3 years)	1,276	54%	$21,148	$35,138	$50,652
2020-21 (18 months)	3,721	53%	$24,277	$45,062	$74,442

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	425	47.0%	$ 6,449	$ 12,500	$ 15,048	$ 20,511
2014-15 to 2018-19	574	45.0%	$ 5,950	$ 12,078	$ 14,724	$ 19,595
2015-16 to 2019-20	751	44.6%	$ 5,500	$ 11,386	$ 13,871	$ 18,308
2016-17 to 2020-21	946	43.8%	$ 5,500	$ 10,884	$ 13,307	$ 17,582
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,079	42.6%	$ 5,444	$ 10,836	$ 13,182	$ 17,358

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	426	47.1%	$ 6,454	$ 13,293	$ 15,718	$ 22,484
2014-15 to 2018-19	575	45.1%	$ 6,184	$ 12,426	$ 15,297	$ 20,896
2015-16 to 2019-20	752	44.7%	$ 5,937	$ 11,874	$ 14,712	$ 19,772
2016-17 to 2020-21	947	43.8%	$ 5,500	$ 10,988	$ 14,194	$ 18,964
2017-18 to 2021-22	1,080	42.6%	$ 5,474	$ 10,888	$ 14,061	$ 18,801

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.