NOVA has six campuses conveniently located in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge. With six unique locations across our region, we have Northern Virginia covered. The NOVA Foundation is dedicated to securing private resources to support students, faculty, staff and NOVA's mission and values. Whether it's your first time going to college or returning to complete a degree, pursuing continuing education, or changing the course of your career, there's a place for everyone at NOVA.
We offer more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs, including distance learning programs through NOVA Online and continuing education courses through Workforce Development. Located near Washington, D.C. NOVA is accredited by the Universities Commission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Our commitment to inclusive excellence is one of our core values: at NOVA you can come as you are and become who you want to be.
At NOVA, you can choose an educational path that works for you, whether you are interested in an information technology or cybersecurity career, want to help patients as a respiratory therapist or health technician, or if you dream of building the infrastructure and technologies that shape daily life such as engineer. Each person at NOVA has a different role, duty and responsibility. Visit the links below to view the organizational structure of the Virginia Community College System, NOVA and each campus. You'll need Acrobat Reader to view the graphics.
Committed to the principles of access, opportunity, student success and excellence, Northern Virginia Community College's mission is to provide world-class, in-person and online teaching, learning and post-secondary workforce development to ensure that our region and the Commonwealth of Virginia have a educated population and a globally competitive workforce. Be a learning-focused organization that promotes student success. NOVA students come to college from different backgrounds. Serving first-time, returnee and transfer students.
Our students work full time and part time. For more information on students, see the Office of Institutional Research and the NOVA Viewbook. More than 3,400 full-time and part-time faculty, administrators, and staff members serve our students. Through key data points and personal stories, the report provides an overview of Dr.
Kress' first two years as president of NOVA show NOVA's strong commitment to ensuring that every student succeeds, that every program succeeds, and that every community thrives. Northern Virginia Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to grant the associate's degree. Questions regarding Northern Virginia Community College accreditation can be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Universities at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (40) 679-4500, or using the information available on the SACSCOC website. Our six campuses are located in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and Woodbridge.
Our centers are located in Arlington, Reston and Annandale. University administration offices, such as the president's office, human resources, payroll and IT, located off-premises on Pender Drive in Fairfax. NOVA's Manassas campus is located next to Manassas Battlefield Park, site of the first major battle of the Civil War. The Woodbridge campus is located in eastern Prince William County and primarily serves county residents.
In the fall of 1965, the university opened its doors with 761 students in a single building at Bailey's Crossroads, under the presidency of Robert L. Washington-area private schools also recruit at NOVA, including American University, Georgetown, Marymount University in Arlington, Trinity Washington University, and George Washington University, and out-of-state schools, such as Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, the University of West Virginia and including the University of Missouri in Kansas City. In addition, NOVA has an ice hockey team that is a member of the American College Hockey Association (ACHA). Northern Virginia Community College is the third largest multi-campus community college in the United States and the largest educational institution in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Loudoun campus is located in Sterling and primarily serves residents of northern Fairfax County and Loudoun County. Its feeding program ensures admission to partner intrastate schools including George Mason University in Fairfax, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Old Dominion University in Norfolk, and Longwood University in Farmville. With 15 buildings, the Annandale campus is the largest in the NOVA system and offers more than 40 programs. The Manassas campus is located in western Prince William County on a 100-acre site adjacent to the Manassas National Battlefield.
NOVA libraries contain more than 250,000 volumes and subscribe to more than 200 databases, many of them purchased through the Virginia Virtual Library, which means NOVA has access to many of the same resources as other Virginia colleges and universities. SCHEV created an institutional profile for every college and public university in Virginia, and for each independent college or university participating in the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. . .
