General Engineering at Old Dominion University

Every general engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Old Dominion University stacks up to those at other schools.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

Old Dominion General Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Old Dominion

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Old Dominion General Engineering Rankings

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #6 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 General Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Old Dominion, 54% 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 31% of degree recipients. That is 10% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	44
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Other Engineering

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
Engineers	4,190	$118,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300

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.