Old Dominion University Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at Old Dominion University is 21:1, and the school has 34.2 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Old Dominion University include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Health Professions and Related Programs; Social Sciences; English Language and Literature/Letters; and Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 80.0 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Foreign languages Humanities Sciences (biological or physical) Computer literacy History Mathematics Social science English (including composition) Other Philosophy
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	21:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 18% Health Professions and Related Programs 15% Social Sciences 12% English Language and Literature/Letters 8% Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 7%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - professional practice, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	5-year BA or BS/M. Bus. Admin; Any Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/MD at Eastern Virginia Medical School; BA IN ENGLISH/MA IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS; BA IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES/MA IN HUMANITIES; BA in Philosophy/MA in Humanities; BA or BS/MBA; BA/BS IN COMMUNICATION/MA IN HUMANITIES; BA/BS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES/MA IN HUMANITIES; BA/MA IN ENGLISH; BA/MA IN HISTORY; BA/MA IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; BACHELOR'S/MASTER'S IN DENTAL HYGIENE; BS Environmental Health/MPH; BS in Health Science/MPH; BS/MBA; BS/MD Program - automatic admission program with Eastern Virginia Medical School; BSCS/MS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE; BSN TO MSN; Bachelor's/MBA; COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - DIRECT BACHELOR'S/PH.D. PROGRAM; INTEGRATED 5-YEAR BACHELOR'S/MASTER'S PROGRAMS - COMBINATIONS OF ALL EXISTING MAJORS; RN TO BSN/MSN
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Writing in the disciplines N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A Learning communities N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	80%
4-year graduation rate	23

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data