Student Population at NOVA

The following chart compares NOVA's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Virginia.

NOVA has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,598 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Virginia average (6,836 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Northern Virginia Community College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 27,390 male and 29,067 female students attending NOVA. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.94 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at NOVA.

By age, there are 46,805 students whose age under twenty five and 5,753 students whose age is over thirty years old at Northern Virginia Community College.

Especially, 20,083 students are younger than eighteen and 227 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Northern Virginia Community College.

At Northern Virginia Community College, 27,621 students (48.92% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 12,964 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 12,139 students live in Virginia where Northern Virginia Community College is located in and 536 students have enrolled from other states.