Ethnic Studies at Old Dominion University

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, you may want to check out the program at Old Dominion University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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, 10 of them were ethnic studies majors.

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

Old Dominion Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Old Dominion Ethnic Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ethnic studies 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 ethnic studies major at Old Dominion is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic Studies. 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 Ethnic Studies Schools	153

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from Old Dominion in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic studies 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 ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic studies 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
Interpreters and Translators	2,000	$70,770
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$76,950

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.