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Engineering at Old Dominion University

Engineering at Old Dominion University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Old Dominion University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Old Dominion Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Old Dominion

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Old Dominion offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

Old Dominion Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Old Dominion is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #117 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Old Dominion

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Old Dominion University.

Old Dominion Engineering Bachelor’s Program

18% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 82% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Old Dominion are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 42
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 128
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Old Dominion Engineering Master’s Program

22% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Old Dominion, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Old Dominion University with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 26
Hispanic or Latino 28
White 122
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Old Dominion University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering 150
Other Engineering 114
General Engineering 113
Electrical Engineering 66
Civil Engineering 51
Computer Engineering 25
Ocean Engineering 10
Systems Engineering 1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Software Applications Developers 38,110 $113,690
Systems Software Developers 27,800 $119,860
Civil Engineers 10,610 $94,780
Computer Network Architects 9,700 $123,050
Cost Estimators 9,220 $74,160

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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