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Program Details
Virginia Highlands Community College
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies (24.0101)
Associate's Degree - Transfer

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies and Hum

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code: 240101

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: 09/1984

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	548	422	107
2019-20	568	432	116
2020-21	506	395	124
2021-22	631	462	123
2022-23	507	394	139

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.17	49	$ 1,601

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	105	2	107
2019-20	112	4	116
2020-21	119	5	124
2021-22	118	5	123
2022-23	132	7	139
Five Year Summary	586	23	609

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	1	4	0	7	609	15	561	7	609

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)	435	54%	$32,063	$44,114	$56,774
2013-14 (8 years)	520	48%	$29,002	$42,867	$53,938
2016-17 (5 years)	610	55%	$25,006	$36,847	$51,336
2018-19 (3 years)	574	56%	$17,266	$26,891	$40,011
2020-21 (18 months)	561	49%	$8,626	$14,967	$24,511

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	74	12.2%	$ 4,166	$ 6,800	$ 8,990	$ 10,500
2014-15 to 2018-19	74	12.9%	$ 3,750	$ 6,500	$ 8,331	$ 8,750
2015-16 to 2019-20	70	12.3%	$ 3,750	$ 6,466	$ 8,174	$ 8,750
2016-17 to 2020-21	69	12.3%	$ 3,750	$ 6,500	$ 8,286	$ 8,173
2017-18 to 2021-22	70	12.1%	$ 3,500	$ 5,500	$ 8,666	$ 9,168

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	75	12.3%	$ 4,395	$ 7,500	$ 10,377	$ 12,215
2014-15 to 2018-19	75	13.1%	$ 4,166	$ 6,500	$ 8,915	$ 9,200
2015-16 to 2019-20	71	12.4%	$ 3,750	$ 6,500	$ 8,673	$ 9,500
2016-17 to 2020-21	70	12.5%	$ 3,750	$ 6,500	$ 8,917	$ 9,500
2017-18 to 2021-22	72	12.4%	$ 3,500	$ 5,500	$ 9,127	$ 9,915

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.