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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 301 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Old Dominion.

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
• Doctorate 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 following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Old Dominion compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	15
	72
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	164
	165

In 2021, 195 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Old Dominion. This makes it the #75 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 301 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Old Dominion. Of these graduates, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Old Dominion are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	153
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Old Dominion Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at Old Dominion awarded 195 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Old Dominion, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	123
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Old Dominion also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 23 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.