Introduction | 1. Total Credentials Awarded, Existing Commonwealth Goals
Award 100,000 cumulative undergraduate degrees to in-state students between 2010-11 and 2024-25.
Established in the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011, the goal to place the Commonwealth among the most highly educated states and countries by awarding 100,000 cumulative additional undergraduate degrees on Virginians from public institutions between 2011 and 2025, accompanied by a comparable percentage increase in privately conferred undergraduate degrees in the Commonwealth over the same period.
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| Cumulative additional degrees awarded so far: | 75,864 |
| Increase/decrease in number of degrees awarded since last year: | 23 |
More detail on the model is available here.
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Award 1.5 Million undergraduate degrees and credentials between 2014-15 and 2029-30.
Established by the SCHEV in 2014 with the intent of making Viginia the "best state for education" and reaching a 70% attainment rate of undergraduate degrees, certificates, and workforce credentials of working age adults. |
| Total awarded so far: | 957,684 |
| Total certificates: | 147,972 |
| Total associate's degrees: | 196,023 |
| Total bachelor's degrees: | 559,861 |
| Total Workforce Credential Grant Program (WCGP) Credentials: | 53,828 |