Northern Virginia Community College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Large suburb
Inside an urbanized area but outside a principal city.
- City
- Suburb (this campus)
- Town
- Rural
33,048 students
Larger than nearly all colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 22.3%
- TypePublic
- ClassCommunity college
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Fairfax3.8 mi
- FALLS CHURCH5.2 mi
- Falls Church5.4 mi
- Vienna5.4 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Northern Virginia Community College, the largest reported group is Hispanic (30.6%), followed by White (25%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Asian | 15.3% | 13.3% |
| Black | 15.1% | 12.6% |
| Hispanic | 30.6% | 5.3% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0% |
| White | 25% | 67.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% | 0.3% |
| Non-resident | 4.9% | 0.5% |
| Unknown | 4.2% | 0.7% |
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Did you know? Northern Virginia Community College
- $5,880average net price after grants for aided students, against $12,656 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $56,892median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 33%of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time (six years for a bachelor's).Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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