Annandale, VA (population: 60,438) has one computer forensics school within its city limits. Northern Virginia Community College has a total student population of 46,619. It is the 4565th highest ranked school in the USA and the 88th highest in the state of Virginia (#1 is Washington and Lee University).
Computer Forensics students from Annandale schools who go on to become computer forensics specialists, computer security specialists, computer and information scientists, computer support specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 512,720 people working as computer systems analysts alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $80,430. Also, Computer specialists make on average $78,010 per year and there are about 195,890 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan area alone, there are 17,510 employed computer specialists earning an average salary of $101,570. Computer systems analysts in this area earn $96,550/yr and there are 29,960 employed.
Annandale lies in Fairfax county, which is one of the 61 counties in Virginia. Overall, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan area has 2,300,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $29/hr average worker wage, and a $60,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 13 out of every 1000 jobs in Annandale are held by computer systems analysts, and 8/1000 are held by computer specialists.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northern Virginia Community College ends up costing a student $5,953/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Annandale |
Falls Church | VA | - | 1 | 13.4471 | 18 | 4.2 miles |
Fairfax | VA | - | 1 | 38.2292 | 131 | 5.3 miles |
Alexandria | VA | 147,786 | 6 | 19.205 | 130 | 6.5 miles |
McLean | VA | - | 1 | 24.682 | 8 | 7.4 miles |
Reston | VA | 64,064 | 1 | 5.74171 | 25 | 11.2 miles |
Bethesda | MD | 59,221 | 1 | 7.29955 | 10 | 12.1 miles |
Herndon | VA | - | 1 | 2.02111 | 10 | 13.5 miles |
Potomac | MD | 42,836 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.8 miles |
Takoma Park | MD | - | 1 | 13.9013 | 66 | 14.9 miles |
Manassas | VA | - | 2 | 19.7716 | 11 | 15.3 miles |
North Bethesda | MD | 48,357 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.3 miles |
Capitol Heights | MD | - | 1 | 32.1418 | 6 | 16.3 miles |
Sterling | VA | 69,591 | 2 | 35.6922 | 64 | 17.2 miles |
Adelphi | MD | - | 1 | 12.6602 | 95 | 17.5 miles |
Rockville | MD | 63,567 | 2 | 20.9627 | 85 | 17.6 miles |
Aspen Hill | MD | 53,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.3 miles |
Lanham | MD | - | 1 | 24.0199 | 10 | 21.0 miles |
Gaithersburg | MD | 59,755 | 2 | 35.5602 | 8 | 21.4 miles |
Olney | MD | 41,213 | 1 | 14.4703 | 35 | 23.2 miles |
Montgomery Village | MD | 43,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.2 miles |
Germantown | MD | 71,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.4 miles |
Leesburg | VA | 42,666 | 2 | 20.8639 | 37 | 26.5 miles |
Bowie | MD | 52,071 | 1 | 51.6519 | 53 | 26.9 miles |
Severn | MD | 47,939 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.2 miles |
Ellicott City | MD | 73,232 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.6 miles |
Fredericksburg | VA | - | 2 | 52.9416 | 59 | 38.9 miles |
Catonsville | MD | 43,590 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.0 miles |
Linthicum | MD | - | 1 | 23.7302 | 4 | 39.6 miles |
Annapolis | MD | - | 2 | 37.2711 | 28 | 40.0 miles |
Arnold | MD | - | 2 | 15.7612 | 101 | 40.5 miles |