Program Details
Virginia Western Community College

Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services, Other (52.0499)
Associate's Degree - Applied
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Business Operations Support
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: AAS
2010 CIP Code: 520499

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

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  Before SCHEV
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2020-21513719
2021-22493611
2022-23564018
2023-24503518
2024-25453113

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation




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
2020-2119019
2021-2211011
2022-2318018
2023-2418018
2024-2513013
Five Year Summary79079
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 Years1150179059079



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 YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2012-13 (10 years)490%
2014-15 (8 years)550%
2017-18 (5 years)570%
2019-20 (3 years)980%



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-205859.2%$ 7,500$ 18,675$ 20,558$ 28,836
2016-17 to 2020-216658.9%$ 7,915$ 19,395$ 22,884$ 36,560
2017-18 to 2021-227061.4%$ 7,000$ 19,264$ 22,186$ 36,645
2018-19 to 2022-236649.3%$ 7,463$ 19,200$ 21,680$ 36,645
2019-20 to 2023-246441.6%$ 7,232$ 12,147$ 20,827$ 36,878
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
2015-16 to 2019-205859.2%$ 7,500$ 18,675$ 20,558$ 28,836
2016-17 to 2020-216658.9%$ 7,915$ 19,395$ 22,884$ 36,560
2017-18 to 2021-227061.4%$ 7,000$ 19,264$ 22,186$ 36,645
2018-19 to 2022-236649.3%$ 7,463$ 19,200$ 21,680$ 36,645
2019-20 to 2023-246441.6%$ 7,231$ 12,147$ 20,827$ 36,877


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