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GRADUATE FACT SHEET
1996-97
The total number of graduates by campus is presented in Table 1. There were 2,753 graduates in 1997, an increase of 172, or 7 percent over 1996. While the Alexandria, Annandale, and Woodbridge campuses showed increases in the number of graduates over 1996, the Loudoun and Manassas campuses each showed a decrease.
TABLE 1
NUMBER OF GRADUATES BY CAMPUS
1996 AND 1997
|
1996 |
1997 |
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CAMPUS |
NUMBER OF GRADUATES |
% OF COLLEGE TOTAL |
% CHANGE 1995-96 |
NUMBER OF GRADUATES |
% OF COLLEGE TOTAL |
% CHANGE 1996-97 |
|
|
ALEXANDRIA |
738 |
29% |
1% |
820 |
30% |
11% |
|
|
ANNANDALE |
1,060 |
41% |
7% |
1,147 |
42% |
8% |
|
|
LOUDOUN |
226 |
9% |
-5% |
241 |
9% |
7% |
|
|
MANASSAS |
185 |
7% |
-1% |
206 |
7% |
11% |
|
|
WOODBRIDGE |
372 |
14% |
2% |
339 |
12% |
-9% |
|
|
NVCC TOTAL |
2,581 |
100% |
3% |
2,753 |
100% |
7% |
|
AGE
Between 1992 and 1997 there has been a gradual increase in the percentage of graduates between the ages of 25 and 59 years. Graduates in the 30-44 age group increased from 34% to 38% while those in the 25-29 age group increased from 23% to 25%. From 1996 to 1997, the percentage of graduates between 22 and 24 years declined from 21% to 17%.
TABLE 2
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF GRADUATES BY AGE
1992 THROUGH 1997
|
YEAR |
18-21 |
22-24 |
25-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
|
1997 |
7% |
17% |
25% |
38% |
12% |
1% |
|
1996 |
7% |
21% |
24% |
37% |
11% |
1% |
|
1995 |
7% |
21% |
25% |
36% |
10% |
1% |
|
1994 |
6% |
24% |
23% |
36% |
10% |
1% |
|
1993 |
8% |
24% |
22% |
36% |
9% |
1% |
|
1992 |
9% |
25% |
23% |
34% |
8% |
1% |
ETHNICITY AND RACE
There was no change in the ethnic and racial makeup between the graduating class of 1996 and 1997. Between 1992 and 1997 Black and Hispanic graduation increased from 8% to 12% and 5% to 7% respectively. White graduation on the other hand, decreased from 75% in 1992 to 69% in 1997.
TABLE 3
ETHNICITY AND RACE OF GRADUATES
1992 THROUGH 1997
|
YEAR |
ASIAN |
BLACK |
HISPANIC |
WHITE |
OTHER* |
|
1997 |
10% |
12% |
7% |
69% |
2% |
|
1996 |
10% |
12% |
7% |
69% |
2% |
|
1995 |
10% |
11% |
5% |
72% |
2% |
|
1994 |
9% |
10% |
5% |
73% |
3% |
|
1993 |
10% |
9% |
5% |
74% |
2% |
|
1992 |
10% |
8% |
5% |
75% |
2% |
* Includes a small number of Native Americans.
GENDER
Between 1996 and 1997 there was a 1 percent increase in female graduates and a corresponding decrease in male graduates.
TABLE 4
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF GRADUATES BY GENDER
1996 AND 1997
|
YEAR |
FEMALE |
MALE |
|
1997 |
58% |
42% |
|
1996 |
57% |
43% |
RESIDENCE
As in prior years, almost all of the graduates were residents of Virginia (94.9 percent).
TABLE 5
RESIDENCE OF GRADUATES
1996 AND 1997
|
YEAR |
VIRGINIA |
MARYLAND |
WASHINGTON,D.C. |
OTHER |
|
1997 |
94.9% |
2.6% |
0.8% |
1.7% |
|
1996 |
95.4% |
1.8% |
0.6% |
2.2% |
AWARDS
Between 1996 and 1997 there was a two percent increase in occupational-technical awards and a corresponding decline in transfer awards. This is revealed in Table 6.
TABLE 6
DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS
1992 THROUGH 1997
|
AWARDS |
AWARD TYPE |
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|
YEAR |
AA |
AS |
AAA |
AAS |
CERT |
TRANSFER |
OCC-TECH |
|
|
1997 |
6.0% |
40.3% |
0.8% |
39.4% |
13.5% |
46.3% |
53.7% |
|
|
1996 |
7.3% |
41.0% |
0.6% |
40.1% |
11.0% |
48.3% |
51.7% |
|
|
1995 |
7.0% |
42.5% |
0.6% |
40.3% |
9.6% |
49.5% |
50.5% |
|
|
1994 |
6.0% |
44.0% |
0.5% |
41.5% |
8.0% |
50.0% |
50.0% |
|
|
1993 |
6.0% |
45.0% |
0.0% |
41.0% |
8.0% |
51.0% |
49.0% |
|
|
1992 |
6.0% |
44.0% |
0.0% |
43.0% |
7.0% |
50.0% |
50.0% |
|
TEN LARGEST PROGRAMS
Awards were granted in 65 majors in 1997. The ten most common majors, as listed in Table 7, account for 72 percent of the total in 1997 and 1996. The most noticeable change from 1996 was the increase in the number of Career Studies awards (90), General Studies degrees (77), and Nursing degrees (52). Business Management was again among the top ten degrees in 1997.
TABLE 7
TEN LARGEST PROGRAMS
1996 AND 1997
|
1996 PROGRAMS |
NUMBER GRADUATING |
1997 PROGRAMS |
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
GENERAL STUDIES |
691 |
GENERAL STUDIES |
768 |
|
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
239 |
CAREER STUDIES |
228 |
|
INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. |
217 |
BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION |
218 |
|
LIBERAL ARTS |
181 |
INFORMATION SYST TECH. |
194 |
|
CAREER STUDIES |
138 |
LIBERAL ARTS |
160 |
|
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE** |
133 |
NURSING |
141 |
|
NURSING |
89 |
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE* |
112 |
|
ACCOUNTING |
59 |
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
69 |
|
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
55 |
RADIOGRAPHY |
54 |
|
LEGAL ASSISTING |
55 |
ACCOUNTING |
51 |
|
1,857 |
1,995 |
* Figure also includes 9 Certificate awards and 2 Police Science awards.
** Figure includes 1 award in Police Science and 4 Certificates in Administration of Justice.
CAMPUS RESULTS
AGE
The Loudoun and Manassas campuses had the largest percentages (31 and 34 percent respectively) of graduates under 25 years old. The Alexandria and Annandale campuses had the largest percentages (83 percent and 75 percent) of graduates 25 years old and over. At Alexandria (58 percent) and at Woodbridge (51 percent) of graduates were 30 years old or older.
TABLE 8
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF 1997 GRADUATES BY CAMPUS
|
CAMPUS |
TOTAL NUMBER |
18-21 |
22-24 |
25-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
|
ALEXANDRIA |
820 |
4% |
13% |
25% |
42% |
15% |
1% |
|
ANNANDALE |
1,147 |
6% |
19% |
27% |
37% |
10% |
1% |
|
LOUDOUN |
241 |
12% |
19% |
23% |
29% |
15% |
2% |
|
MANASSAS |
206 |
13% |
21% |
26% |
34% |
7% |
0% |
|
WOODBRIDGE |
339 |
9% |
19% |
21% |
38% |
13% |
0% |
ETHNICITY AND RACE
Alexandria had the highest percentage of minority graduates (49 percent) followed by Annandale and Woodbridge with (32 percent). At Alexandria, Black and Asian graduates comprised the largest minority component while at Annandale and Loudoun Asian graduates outnumbered both Black and Hispanic graduates. At Alexandria and Woodbridge Black students had the second highest percentage of graduates.
TABLE 9
RACE AND ETHNICITY OF 1997 GRADUATES BY CAMPUS
|
CAMPUS |
ASIAN |
BLACK |
HISPANIC |
WHITE |
OTHER* |
MINORITY |
|
ALEXANDRIA |
13% |
23% |
9% |
51% |
4% |
49% |
|
ANNANDALE |
15% |
7% |
7% |
68% |
3% |
32% |
|
LOUDOUN |
8% |
5% |
4% |
82% |
1% |
18% |
|
MANASSAS |
3% |
6% |
2% |
87% |
2% |
13% |
|
WOODBRIDGE |
6% |
17% |
5% |
68% |
4% |
32% |
*
Includes a small number of Native Americans.
GENDER
As shown in Table 10, female graduates were in the majority at all but the Manassas campus. The Loudoun campus had the highest percentage of female graduates (65 percent) while Manassas had the highest percentage of male graduates (54 percent).
TABLE 10
GENDER OF 1997 GRADUATES BY CAMPUS
|
CAMPUS |
FEMALE |
MALE |
|
ALEXANDRIA |
58% |
42% |
|
ANNANDALE |
62% |
38% |
|
LOUDOUN |
65% |
35% |
|
MANASSAS |
46% |
54% |
|
WOODBRIDGE |
50% |
50% |
RESIDENCE
The vast majority of the 1997 graduates were residents of Virginia.
TABLE 11
RESIDENCE OF 1997 GRADUATES BY CAMPUS
|
CAMPUS |
VIRGINIA |
MARYLAND |
WASHINGTON,D.C. |
OTHER |
|
ALEXANDRIA |
89% |
7% |
2% |
2% |
|
ANNANDALE |
98% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
|
LOUDOUN |
98% |
1% |
0% |
1% |
|
MANASSAS |
99% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
|
WOODBRIDGE |
94% |
0% |
0% |
6% |
AWARDS
The Manassas, Woodbridge, and Loudoun campuses awarded more transfer degrees than occupational-technical awards, ranging from 53 percent of graduates at Woodbridge to 73 percent of graduates at Manassas. Annandale granted 60 percent and Alexandria 58 percent occupational-technical awards.
TABLE 12
DISTRIBUTION OF 1997 AWARDS BY CAMPUS
|
AWARDS |
AWARD TYPE |
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|
CAMPUS |
AA |
AS |
AAA |
AAS |
CERT |
TRANSFER |
OCC-TECH |
|
ALEXANDRIA |
6% |
36% |
1% |
39% |
18% |
42% |
58% |
|
ANNANDALE |
3% |
37% |
0% |
47% |
13% |
40% |
60% |
|
LOUDOUN |
14% |
46% |
1% |
30% |
9% |
60% |
40% |
|
MANASSAS |
9% |
64% |
0% |
21% |
6% |
73% |
27% |
|
WOODBRIDGE |
11% |
42% |
1% |
34% |
12% |
53% |
47% |
TOP PROGRAMS WITH LARGEST NUMBER OF GRADUATES BY CAMPUS
Review of the data presented in Tables 13-17 reveals that most of the graduates were concentrated in a few programs ranging from 77 percent at Alexandria to 96 percent at Woodbridge. General Studies, Liberal Arts, Business Administration, and Information Systems Technology are among the top ten at each campus.
TABLE 13
1997 LARGEST PROGRAMS - ALEXANDRIA CAMPUS
(TOTAL ALEXANDRIA PROGRAMS = 38)
|
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
1. GENERAL STUDIES |
197 |
6. LEGAL ASSISTING |
41 |
|
2. CAREER STUDIES |
107 |
7. AUTOMOTIVE TECH. |
39 |
|
3. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
65 |
8. COMMUNICATION DESIGN |
36 |
|
4. INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. |
63 |
9. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE* |
23 |
|
5. LIBERAL ARTS |
43 |
10. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
21 |
|
TOTAL GRADUATES = 820 TOTAL IN TOP PROGRAMS = 635 (77%) |
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* Includes 2 Administration of Justice Certificates.
|
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
1. GENERAL STUDIES |
290 |
7. RADIOGRAPHY |
54 |
|
2. NURSING |
141 |
8. TRAVEL & TOURISM** |
43 |
|
3. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
84 |
9. HRIM |
37 |
|
4. CAREER STUDIES |
76 |
10. LIBERAL ARTS |
32 |
|
5. INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. |
64 |
11. PHYSICAL THERAPY ASST. |
30 |
|
6. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE* |
60 |
12. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
23 |
|
TOTAL GRADUATES = 1,147 TOTAL IN TOP PROGRAMS = 934 (81%) |
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* Incluces 5 certificate awards in Administration of Justice and 1 award in Police Science.
** Includes 21 AAS degrees in Travel and Tourism.
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NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
1. GENERAL STUDIES |
73 |
6. INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. |
13 |
|
2. LIBERAL ARTS |
32 |
7. HORTICULTURE |
10 |
|
3. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
29 |
8. COMMUNICATION DESIGN |
7 |
|
4. VETERINARY TECH. |
27 |
9. INTERIOR DESIGN |
7 |
|
5. CAREER STUDIES |
16 |
10. SCIENCE |
5 |
|
TOTAL GRADUATES = 241 TOTAL IN TOP PROGRAMS = 219 (91%) |
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NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
1. GENERAL STUDIES |
93 |
6. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
7 |
|
2. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
23 |
7. ACCOUNTING |
6 |
|
3. LIBERAL ARTS |
17 |
8. AVIATION TECH. |
6 |
|
4. INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. |
15 |
9. SCIENCE |
6 |
|
5. COMPUTER SCIENCE |
8 |
10. CAREER STUDIES |
5 |
|
TOTAL GRADUATES = 206 TOTAL IN TOP PROGRAMS = 186 (90%) |
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NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
NUMBER GRADUATING |
|
1. GENERAL STUDIES |
115 |
7. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
17 |
|
2. INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. |
39 |
8. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT |
14 |
|
3. LIBERAL ARTS |
36 |
9. ACCOUNTING |
11 |
|
4. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE* |
28 |
10. ADMIN. SUPPORT TECH.*** |
8 |
|
5. CAREER STUDIES |
24 |
11. SCIENCE |
7 |
|
6. AIR CONDITIONING & REFR.** |
22 |
12. SECURITY ADMIN. |
5 |
|
TOTAL GRADUATES = 339 TOTAL IN TOP PROGRAMS = 326 (96%) |
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*
Includes 2 CERT awards and 1 Police Science award.**
Includes 8 Air Conditioning & Refr. certificates.***
Includes 2 Office Systems Technology awards.
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