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Program Details
Tidewater Community College
Design and Visual Communications, General (50.0401)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Design & Visual Communications

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 500401

	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
2019-20	198	138	32
2020-21	159	106	22
2021-22	186	127	18
2022-23	216	153	31
2023-24	195	131	34

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.83	68	$ 2,330

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	36	4	40
2019-20	32	0	32
2020-21	21	1	22
2021-22	18	0	18
2022-23	29	2	31
Five Year Summary	136	7	143

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	3	35	1	12	143	12	62	4	143

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)	212	49%	$28,080	$46,108	$63,313
2013-14 (8 years)	229	51%	$27,141	$37,445	$54,858
2016-17 (5 years)	229	54%	$19,862	$32,606	$50,142
2018-19 (3 years)	190	51%	$17,562	$31,196	$43,369
2020-21 (18 months)	168	57%	$13,885	$21,730	$30,133

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	77	38.1%	$ 7,812	$ 13,932	$ 15,557	$ 20,152
2014-15 to 2018-19	66	34.7%	$ 6,500	$ 13,837	$ 15,647	$ 20,466
2015-16 to 2019-20	67	36.6%	$ 8,297	$ 14,630	$ 15,842	$ 21,032
2016-17 to 2020-21	66	39.3%	$ 8,125	$ 13,837	$ 15,382	$ 20,784
2017-18 to 2021-22	56	39.2%	$ 7,790	$ 13,028	$ 15,608	$ 20,908

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	78	38.6%	$ 7,812	$ 15,817	$ 16,141	$ 20,809
2014-15 to 2018-19	67	35.3%	$ 6,500	$ 16,576	$ 16,264	$ 20,938
2015-16 to 2019-20	68	37.2%	$ 8,454	$ 16,752	$ 16,447	$ 21,068
2016-17 to 2020-21	67	39.9%	$ 8,125	$ 16,576	$ 16,031	$ 21,032
2017-18 to 2021-22	56	39.2%	$ 7,790	$ 13,993	$ 15,952	$ 20,985

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.