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)