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Program Details
Virginia Western Community College
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician (51.1004)
Associate's Degree - Applied

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Medical Laboratory Technology

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

Degree Title: AAS

2010 CIP Code:

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)

Date Program Placed on Probation:

Date Program Closed:

BCHE - Before Council of Higher Education

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2019-20	31	26	8
2020-21	25	20	8
2021-22	19	16	10
2022-23	16	13	7
2023-24	14	9	7

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.00	57

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
2019-20	8	0	8
2020-21	8	0	8
2021-22	10	0	10
2022-23	7	0	7
2023-24	6	1	7
Five Year Summary	39	1	40

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	2	0	4	40	2	29	2	40

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
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)
2012-13 (10 years)		NaN
2014-15 (8 years)		NaN
2017-18 (5 years)		NaN
2019-20 (3 years)	48	0%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-20	13	54.2%	$ 8,904	$ 21,557	$ 20,620	$ 30,176
2016-17 to 2020-21	16	50.0%	$ 7,866	$ 21,127	$ 22,196	$ 30,352
2017-18 to 2021-22	20	47.6%	$ 7,866	$ 18,078	$ 20,315	$ 27,211
2018-19 to 2022-23	17	43.6%	$ 6,828	$ 18,590	$ 19,771	$ 24,245

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
2015-16 to 2019-20	13	54.2%	$ 8,904	$ 21,557	$ 26,118	$ 30,176
2016-17 to 2020-21	16	50.0%	$ 7,866	$ 21,779	$ 27,911	$ 40,818
2017-18 to 2021-22	20	47.6%	$ 7,866	$ 23,123	$ 28,289	$ 40,818
2018-19 to 2022-23	17	43.6%	$ 6,828	$ 24,245	$ 29,152	$ 40,659

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.