Northern Virginia Community College Case Study

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), in collaboration with the AWS Educate program, rolled out a Cloud Computing specialization as part of its Information Systems Technology (IST) Associate of Applied Science degree starting in Fall 2018. The program is one of the first cloud computing degrees in the nation offered by a community college. The two-year IST Cloud Computing degree program is built to address the high concentration of tech employers in the Northern Virginia region and the demand for employees with cloud computing skills. This degree program marks an exciting first step in a much broader plan to bring cloud computing education to students throughout the state of Virginia, as this degree also seeks to bridge into high schools and four-year institutions.