NAEYC Outcome Measures - Northern Virginia Community College

Jul 29, 2025

2023-2024 NOVA Catalog

NAEYC Accreditation

The Early Childhood Development Program at Northern Virginia Community College is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The accreditation term runs from March 2018 through March 2025.

NVCC bases the content of all ECE courses on NAEYC’s Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation. This link is to data on program outcomes.

OUTCOME MEASURES

Outcome Measure #1: The Number of Program Completers

Academic Year

Number of program completers

Percentage of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion)

Percentage of program completers who were attending part-time^{^[1]} (at the time of completion)

2020-2021	77	28%	72%
2019-2020	53	10%	90%
2018-2019	72	13%	87%

Outcome Measure #2: The Program Completion Rate

Academic year in which a Fall cohort of full-time candidates enrolled in the program (select three sequential years)

Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 150% of the published timeframe

Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 300% (three times) of the published timeframe.

2015-2016	28%	34%
2014-2015	28%	34%
2013-2014	25%	29%

Outcome Measure #3: Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate

Academic Year	Percent of Part-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment)	Retention Rate among Part-Time Candidates	Percent of Full-Time Candidates Enrolled in the Program (% of Total Enrollment)	Retention Rate among Full-Time Candidates
2019-2020	78%	42%	22%	54%
2018-2019	78%	36%	22%	46%
2017-2018	76%	37%	24%	44%