How many students at NOVA? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 51,896 students have enrolled in Northern Virginia Community College and all students are attending undergraduate schools.

By gender, 24,984 male and 26,912 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (8,960 students in average - public Associate's - Public Rural-serving Medium).

14,133 students are enrolled exclusively, and 14,119 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Northern Virginia Community College has a total of 51,896 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. All 51,896 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By gender, 24,984 male and 26,912 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
Undergraduate
Total51,896
Men24,984
Women26,912
Northern Virginia Community College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 17,152 White, 7,013 Black, and 8,582 Asian students out of a total of 51,896 are attending at Northern Virginia Community College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1296960
Asian8,5824,1674,415
Black7,0133,2543,759
Hispanic11,7045,2526,452
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1266759
White17,1528,6818,471
Two or more races2,6671,2891,378
Race Unknown2,3751,2581,117
Northern Virginia Community College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, NOVA has 16,483 students under 18 years old and 275 students over 65 years old. There are 41,617 students under 25 years old, and 10,279 students over 25 years old out of 51,896 total students.

Student Age Distribution
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1816,4838,7177,766
18-1912,6375,9576,680
20-217,4633,5503,913
22-245,0342,5462,488
25-293,8442,1461,698
30-342,1901,326864
35-391,373851522
40-491,5951,043552
50-641,002619383
Over 65275157118
Northern Virginia Community College 2023 Student Population by Age chartNorthern Virginia Community College 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northern Virginia Community College, 14,133 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,119 students are enrolled in some online courses.

13,591 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 542 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students51,89614,13314,119
Undergraduate51,89614,13314,119
Online Student Population by Locality
Virginia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students13,5915402
Northern Virginia Community College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 51,896 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,410 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.72%.548 students have transferred in as full-time status and 862 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time12,779
Transfer-in Full-time548
Regular Part-time37,707
Transfer-in Part-time862

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