Northern Virginia Community College Business Programs

Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution situated in Annandale, Virginia. Annandale is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Northern Virginia Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Northern Virginia Community College has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#38	Best Business Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#73	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Northern Virginia Community College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Most Popular Online Accounting Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Northern Virginia Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Other Accounting and Related Services Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#18	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#32	Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#35	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#68	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor
#206	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual

Where Is Northern Virginia Community College?

Contact details for Northern Virginia Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4001 Wakefield Chapel Rd, Annandale, VA 22003-3796
Phone:	703-323-3000
Website:	www.nvcc.edu

How Do I Get Into Northern Virginia Community College?

You can apply to Northern Virginia Community College online at: https://www.nvcc.edu/admissions/apply/index.html

As long as you submit the requested materials to Northern Virginia Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Northern Virginia Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Northern Virginia Community College, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $4,709 a year. That adds up to $18,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Northern Virginia Community College is 8.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Northern Virginia Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 52,873 undergraduate students at Northern Virginia Community College, with 15,551 being full-time and 37,322 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,551 full-time undergraduates at Northern Virginia Community College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northern Virginia Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,678
Black or African American	2,399
Hispanic or Latino	3,791
White	4,576
International Students	648
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,459

Over 137 countries are represented at Northern Virginia Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, South Korea, and China.

Online Learning at Northern Virginia Community College

In 2019-2020, 39,318 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Northern Virginia Community College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Northern Virginia Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northern Virginia Community College was 146.5%. This is the #297 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Northern Virginia Community College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Northern Virginia Community College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Northern Virginia Community College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Accounting and Related Services	#6
Interior Design Management	#17
Accounting	#65
Business Administration & Management	#190

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Northern Virginia Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	987	0	987
Interior Design Management	170	75	2	247
Other Accounting and Related Services	25	33	33	91
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	20	0	20
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	0	0	0	0
Tourism and Travel Services Management	0	0	0	0
Real Estate	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	195	1,115	35	1,345

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.