Engineering at Northern Virginia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Northern Virginia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Northern Virginia Community College Engineering Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Engineering (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Northern Virginia Community College Engineering Rankings

Engineering Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College Engineering Associate’s Program

23% Women

61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 23% 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 engineering graduates 31% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	44
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	69
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Northern Virginia Community College. 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
General Engineering	205

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Civil Engineers	10,610	$94,780
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160

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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