Participation Rates: Fall 2012 Research Report No. 50-13 Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment Northern Virginia Community College June 2013
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Table of Contents Introduction... 1 Section 1: NOVA s In-District and In-State Participation Rate... 2 Section 2: Comparison of NOVA Participation Rates to VCCS... 3 i
List of Tables Table 1. List of Abbreviations... 1 Table 2. NOVA s In-District and In-State Participation Rate by Service Area: Fall 2012... 2 Table 3. NOVA and VCCS In-District, In-State, and Out-of-State Enrollment: Fall 2012... 3 Table 4: In-District Participation Rates for NOVA and VCCS Average: 2003-2012... 3 List of Figures Figure 1. NOVA s In-District and In-State Participation Rate by Service Area: Fall 2012... 2 Figure 2: In-District Participation Rates for NOVA and VCCS Average: 2003-2012... 3 ii
Participation Rates: Fall 2012 Introduction This Report presents Fall 2012 in-district and in-state participation rates for NOVA s service region. The data were compiled by Southwest Virginia Community College and provided by the VCCS. The 2012 estimated base population was published by Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Demographics and Workforce Group and was current as of July 1, 2012. Participation rates are presented as in-district and in-state. The in-district participation rate is calculated by dividing the number of students living within the service area of the VCCS institution they attend by the base population of the service area. The in-state participation rate is calculated by dividing the number of students living within a certain service area who are enrolled at any VCCS institution, regardless of whether the institution is their service area institution or not, by the base population of the service area in which they live. The in-state participation rate includes the in-district participation rate. NOVA s service region is made up of nine service areas comprised of four counties and five independent cities. Those counties and cities are: Arlington County Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County Alexandria City Fairfax City Falls Church City Manassas City Manassas Park City The abbreviations in Table 1 are used throughout the Report. Table 1. List of Abbreviations Full Name Alexandria City Fairfax City Falls Church City Manassas City Manassas Park City Arlington County Fairfax County Loudoun County Prince William County All NOVA Service Region Abbreviations Alex. City Ffx. City F.C. City Man. City M.P. City Arl. County Ffx. County Ldn. County P.W. County All NOVA Ser. Reg. 1
Participation Rate Section 1: NOVA s In-District and In-State Participation Rate Table 2 and Figure 1 present the Fall 2012 in-district and in-state participation rates for each of NOVA s nine service areas, the entire NOVA service region, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. F.C. City had the highest in-district and in-state participation rates when compared to all other NOVA service areas. NOVA s service region in-district participation rate was about the same as its in-state participation rate, suggesting that few students living within the NOVA service region attend a VCCS institution other than NOVA. However, the entire NOVA service region had lower in-district and in-state participation rates than Virginia as a whole. Table 2. NOVA s In-District and In-State Participation Rate by Service Area: Fall 2012 NOVA Service Area 2012 Estimated Base Population* In-District Enrollments In-District Participation Rate In-State Enrollments In-State Participation Rate Alex. City 147,391 4,188 2.8% 4,240 2.9% Ffx. City 23,505 753 3.2% 767 3.3% F.C. City 12,960 1,020 7.9% 1,029 8.0% Man. City 39,902 1,587 4.0% 1,634 4.1% M.P. City 14,838 295 2.0% 300 2.0% Arl. County 220,565 2,741 1.2% 2,779 1.3% Ffx. County 1,112,325 18,276 1.6% 18,672 1.7% Ldn. County 333,253 5,525 1.7% 5,829 1.8% P.W. County 421,164 8,854 2.1% 9,126 2.2% NOVA Ser. Reg. Total 2,325,903 43,239 1.9% 44,376 1.9% VA Total 8,185,867 162,256 2.0% 180,717 2.2% *Source: Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Demographics & Workforce Group (www.coopercenter.org/demographics/). Published January 25, 2013. 2012 estimated base population was current as of July 1, 2012. Figure 1. NOVA s In-District and In-State Participation Rate by Service Area: Fall 2012 9% In-District Participation Rate In-State Participation Rate 8% 7% 7.9 8.0 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% 1.2 1.3 Arl. County 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 Ffx. County Ldn. County 2.1 2.2 P.W. County 2.8 2.9 Alex. City 3.2 3.3 Ffx. City Service Area F.C. City 4.0 4.1 Man. City 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.2 M.P. City NOVA Ser. Reg. Total VA Total 2
In-District Participation Rate Section 2: Comparison of NOVA Participation Rates to VCCS Table 3 presents the total number of students enrolled at NOVA and within the VCCS, by student type for Fall 2012. As seen in the table, 43,329 students enrolled in-district at NOVA and made up 27% of the total in-district enrollment for the VCCS in Fall 2012. Table 3. NOVA and VCCS In-District, In-State, and Out-of-State Enrollment: Fall 2012 Enrollment Type NOVA VCCS NOVA Total as a % # % # % of VCCS Total In-District 43,329 83.4% 162,256 84.1% 26.7% Other In-State 3,307 6.4% 18,461 9.6% 17.9% Out-of-State 5,318 10.3% 12,178 6.3% 43.7% Total 51,864 100.0% 192,895 100.0% 26.9% Table 4 and Figure 2 present in-district participation rates for NOVA and the VCCS average from 2003 to 2012. NOVA s 2012 in-district participation rate was the highest it has been in the last 10 years (2%). However, for the past decade, NOVA s in-district participation rate has been lower than the VCCS average. Table 4: In-District Participation Rates for NOVA and VCCS Average: 2003-2012 Institution 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 NOVA 1.7% 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 1.7% 1.7% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% VCCS Average 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.9% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0% Figure 2: In-District Participation Rates for NOVA and VCCS Average: 2003-2012 2.2% NOVA VCCS Average 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.8% 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 2.0% 1.9% 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Year 3
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