A study of the Virginia Community College System's Non-Curricular Classification System, which classifies students not enrolled in a particular educational program by ten goal categories, was conducted to assess the validity of classifying non-curricular students by their educational goals, to determine whether students agreed or disagreed with their classifications, and to ascertain the non-curricular goals or curricular programs of students classified incorrectly. A total of 3,729 non-curricular students, of 5,448 randomly selected from non-curricular students in all 23 Virginia colleges, answered a survey instrument displaying their personal registration data. Findings indicated: 83.5% were correctly classified; of the 17.5% incorrectly registered, 11.4% chose another non-curricular classification, and 4.9% chose a curricular or developmental studies program classification; nearly 93% of "non-degree transfer" students and 91.4% of students classified as "upgrading employment skills for current jobs" agreed with their classification; those recorded as "high school students taking college courses" were most frequently correctly identified; and students who registered the lowest accuracy percentages were classified "general or curricular requirements pending", "career exploration", and "restricted enrollment". (TR)