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Rhetoric & Composition at Old Dominion University

Rhetoric & Composition at Old Dominion University

If you plan to study rhetoric & composition, take a look at what Old Dominion University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286.

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

Old Dominion Rhetoric & Composition Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Rhetoric and Composition

Online Classes Are Available at Old Dominion

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Old Dominion does offer online courses in rhetoric and composition for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Old Dominion Rhetoric & Composition Rankings

The rhetoric and composition major at Old Dominion is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Rhetoric & Composition. 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.

Rhetoric and Composition Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Rhetoric & Composition Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of rhetoric and composition bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical rhetoric and composition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its rhetoric and composition 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 rhetoric and composition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 57
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 71
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Careers That Rhetoric and Composition Grads May Go Into

A degree in rhetoric and composition 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
Editors 3,450 $72,660
English Language and Literature Professors 2,320 $61,690
Writers and Authors 1,220 $68,600

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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