Key Findings in the New Fact Book at NOVA
The 36th edition of the NOVA Fact Book: 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 is now available for your reference. Some of the key insights from the fact book are summarized below.
- While headcount enrollment for AY 2022-23 increased by about 3% compared to AY 2021-22 (with about a 5% increase, fall over fall), FTES enrollment decreased slightly by 1% for the academic year.
- Our program-placed student populations were declining consistently in the five-year period for AA, AAA and AS degrees while AFA and AAS degrees, and our certificate populations were increasing. The overall number of program-placed students for associate degrees and certificates decreased 16% for five years from 38,541 in fall 2018 to 32,292 in fall 2022. See the table below for details.
PROGRAM PLACEMENT – FALL 2018 THROUGH FALL 2022
|
|
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
Fall 2021 |
Fall 2022 |
% Change |
|
A.A. |
2,605 |
2,081 |
1,898 |
1,609 |
1,514 |
-42% |
|
A.S. |
27,723 |
25,963 |
24,952 |
22,201 |
21,452 |
-23% |
|
A.F.A. |
316 |
713 |
805 |
801 |
891 |
182% |
|
A.A.A. |
146 |
116 |
71 |
56 |
53 |
-64% |
|
A.A.S. |
6,438 |
6,344 |
6,723 |
6,814 |
6,954 |
8% |
|
Certificate |
1,313 |
1,283 |
1,421 |
1,502 |
1,428 |
9% |
|
Not Placed |
12,388 |
15,322 |
17,003 |
16,577 |
19,604 |
58% |
- The median and mean age of our overall student population has gone down. The proportion of our adult population (age 25 and above) decreased 8.1 percentage points from 28.6% to 20.5% in the past five fall semesters. Dr. Kress’ plan to increase the adult student population will hopefully change the trend.
MEDIAN AND MEAN AGE – FALL 2018 THROUGH FALL 2022
|
|
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
Fall 2021 |
Fall 2022 |
|
Median |
20.7 |
20.3 |
20.0 |
19.8 |
19.4 |
|
Mean |
24.0 |
23.4 |
22.9 |
22.8 |
22.3 |
- Both our first-time, full-time, program-placed student and our first-time, part-time, program-placed student fall 2021 to fall 2022 retention increased from 70.5% to 72.6% (a 2.1 percentage point increase for full time), and from 52.7% to 53.4% (a 0.7 percentage points increase for part time), respectively compared to last year (fall 2020 to fall 2021 retention rates).
- Our most recent college-wide full-time student graduation rate increased 3.6 percentage points ( for the fall 2018 cohort compared to of the fall 2017 cohort). The part-time graduation rate increased 1 percentage point for the same period.
- Not surprisingly, our international student population had decreased from 1,603 in fall 2018 to 646 in fall 2022 (including non-credit students), an almost 60% decrease over the previous five years.
- Our contract dual enrollment population consistently increased from 10,803 in AY 2018-19 to 16,768 in AY 2022-23, a 55.2% increase over five years, while the dual enrollment conversion rate declined from 13.2% to 9.1% during the same period.
Fun fact: the number of graduates for 2021-22 at NOVA is exactly the same as the previous year 2020-21, 7,799 (with double 7 and double 9). This identical number two years in a row caused us to check many times to make sure it was not a mistake.
If you find other interesting and useful insights that I overlooked, please feel free to share them.
You can download the latest NOVA Fact Book PDF for reference or bookmark it in your browser. Once logged in, go to Order Catalog Items and click on Advanced Search, select Ready-to-Print, and select NOVA Fact Book: 2018-2019 through 2022-2023. For questions or comments, contact the Office of Strategic Insights at osi@nvcc.edu. Thank you!
Submitted by:
Sam Shi, AVP, OSI, xshi@nvcc.edu