Computer Science at Northern Virginia Community College

If you plan to study computer science, take a look at what Northern Virginia Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and approximately 52,873 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Northern Virginia Community College Computer Science Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in CompSci

Northern Virginia Community College Computer Science Rankings

CompSci Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at Northern Virginia Community College.

Northern Virginia Community College Computer Science Associate’s Program

24% Women

61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of compsci associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in compsci graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Virginia Community College with a associate's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	93
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	91
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Virginia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	296

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Northern Virginia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers	38,110	$113,690
Systems Software Developers	27,800	$119,860
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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