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Computer Science at Northern Virginia Community College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Northern Virginia Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Computer Science

Northern Virginia Community College Computer Science Rankings

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Computer Science Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College Computer Science Associate’s Program

24% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 76% of computer science associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer science only graduates about 23% women each year. The program at Northern Virginia Community College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer science graduates 25% 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 computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 85
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 48
White 88
International Students 24
Other Races/Ethnicities 22

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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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