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Tidewater Community College

Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Tec... (51.0910)
Associate's Degree - Applied
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: AAS
2010 CIP Code: 510910

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  08/2005
Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)  10/2004
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-19202515
2019-20212413
2020-2115221
2021-22162225
2022-23172212

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
8.2156$ 4,030




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
2018-1915015
2019-209413
2020-21101
2021-2225025
2022-2312012
Five Year Summary62466
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 Years080566445266



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 YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)7468%$58,599$72,119$86,528
2013-14 (8 years)7177%$52,684$70,227$82,448
2016-17 (5 years)6980%$46,626$66,815$77,246
2018-19 (3 years)6671%$41,753$60,209$72,563
2020-21 (18 months)11183%$96,607$125,949$145,747



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-183350.8%$ 7,916$ 17,123$ 17,379$ 22,789
2014-15 to 2018-193350.0%$ 8,575$ 17,888$ 18,415$ 27,756
2015-16 to 2019-203450.7%$ 8,575$ 18,279$ 17,106$ 25,732
2016-17 to 2020-212544.6%$ 9,279$ 18,307$ 17,913$ 25,732
2017-18 to 2021-223248.5%$ 6,410$ 17,161$ 15,420$ 20,636
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
2013-14 to 2017-183350.8%$ 7,916$ 17,123$ 17,379$ 22,789
2014-15 to 2018-193350.0%$ 8,575$ 17,888$ 18,415$ 27,756
2015-16 to 2019-203450.7%$ 8,575$ 18,279$ 17,106$ 25,732
2016-17 to 2020-212544.6%$ 9,279$ 18,307$ 17,913$ 25,732
2017-18 to 2021-223248.5%$ 6,410$ 17,161$ 15,420$ 20,636


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