by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Northern Virginia Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Northern Virginia Community College paid an average of $360 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $180 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,412 | $10,790 |
| Fees | $198 | $903 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,800 | $1,800 |
Learn more about Northern Virginia Community College tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their associate degree at Northern Virginia Community College in Engineering walked away with an average of $11,500 in student debt. That is 13% higher than the national average of $10,173.
The median early career salary of engineering students who receive their associate degree from Northern Virginia Community College is $42,682 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Online degrees for the Northern Virginia Community College engineering associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northern Virginia Community College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 19.1% of the engineering students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 17.7%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in engineering at Northern Virginia Community College in 2019-2020, 61.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 43 |
| Black or African American | 22 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 51 |
| International Students | 16 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 13 |
General Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Engineering | 183 |
*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.
