Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University

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

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286. Of the 4,024 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in 2021, 150 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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

Old Dominion Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Old Dominion Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Old Dominion is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering Schools	116
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools	201
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	201

How Much Do ME Graduates from Old Dominion Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $64,804. This is less than $65,190, which is the national average of all ME majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

ME Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 150 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME 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 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	87
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Old Dominion also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Mechanical Engineers	7,590	$100,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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.