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Program Details
University of Virginia's College at Wise
Social Sciences, General (45.0101)
Bachelor's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Social Sciences, General

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

Degree Title: BA/BS

2010 CIP Code: 450101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1982

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	197	207	56
2020-21	209	198	52
2021-22	202	200	55
2022-23	184	191	50
2023-24	179	190	54

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.22	123	$ 2,928

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)	Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.23	79

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	64	2	66
2019-20	54	2	56
2020-21	50	2	52
2021-22	49	6	55
2022-23	44	6	50
Five Year Summary	261	18	279

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	21	2	1	279	5	223	27	279

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)	300	48%	$40,195	$51,613	$69,832
2013-14 (8 years)	334	53%	$39,545	$48,338	$65,206
2016-17 (5 years)	368	60%	$32,735	$43,292	$58,933
2018-19 (3 years)	349	55%	$28,237	$39,205	$50,197
2020-21 (18 months)	316	63%	$20,874	$30,040	$39,182

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	245	71.4%	$ 12,898	$ 20,391	$ 21,228	$ 28,575
2014-15 to 2018-19	235	68.3%	$ 12,866	$ 20,310	$ 20,884	$ 27,630
2015-16 to 2019-20	221	68.8%	$ 12,099	$ 19,105	$ 20,166	$ 26,720
2016-17 to 2020-21	216	68.8%	$ 11,905	$ 19,927	$ 20,195	$ 26,720
2017-18 to 2021-22	188	63.5%	$ 11,097	$ 19,927	$ 19,764	$ 26,658

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	246	71.7%	$ 13,608	$ 21,232	$ 25,049	$ 32,818
2014-15 to 2018-19	236	68.6%	$ 13,779	$ 20,666	$ 23,872	$ 31,617
2015-16 to 2019-20	222	69.2%	$ 12,866	$ 20,074	$ 23,156	$ 30,527
2016-17 to 2020-21	216	68.8%	$ 12,434	$ 20,666	$ 23,482	$ 30,552
2017-18 to 2021-22	189	63.9%	$ 11,133	$ 20,718	$ 23,585	$ 30,341

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.