Information Technology at Northern Virginia Community College

Every information technology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the IT program at Northern Virginia Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Northern Virginia Community College Information Technology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in IT

Northern Virginia Community College Information Technology Rankings

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IT Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College Information Technology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 74% of IT associate's degrees went to men and 26% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in IT only graduates about 22% women each year. The program at Northern Virginia Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 27% 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 IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	80
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	103
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Computer User Support Specialists	19,880	$58,290
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Computer Workers	14,580	$105,270
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.