Graduate Programs at Old Dominion University

Graduate School Overview

Old Dominion University (referred to as ODU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Norfolk, VA. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1961 - Current).

ODU Directory Information
School Name	Old Dominion University (ODU)
Address	5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23529
Phone	757-683-3000
Web	https://www.odu.edu
Online Application	https://www.odu.edu/admission/apply
Financial Info	https://www.odu.edu/finaidoffice

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Old Dominion University is $13,704 for Virginia residents and $33,456 for out-of-state students. The school has 4,816 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 23,494 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 191 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 72 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$33,456 $13,704 for Virginia Residents
Student Population	4,816
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	191 graduate programs (72 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Old Dominion University is $13,704 for Virginia residents and $33,456 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $571 for Virginia residents and $1,394 for out-of-state students.

Old Dominion University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Old Dominion University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	72 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Old Dominion University is $13,704 for Virginia residents and $33,456 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.50% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Virginia Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,727	$2,825	$28,435	$3,245
2019-2020	$10,207	$2,921	$29,851	$3,341
2020-2021	$10,207	$3,017	$29,851	$3,437
2021-2022	$10,207	$3,017	$29,851	$3,437
2022-2023	$10,519	$3,185	$29,851	$3,605

The graduate school tuition & fees of ODU is average compared to public graduate schools in Virginia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Virginia graduate tuition is $28,181 (public) / $16,555 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Old Dominion University	$13,704	$33,456
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Virginia Graduate Schools	$14,587	$18,743
Public	$15,005	$28,181
Private	$16,555

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,480 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Old Dominion University. On-campus living costs are increased by 3.08% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $16,480. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.08% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,620	$2,976	$11,620	$2,976
2019-2020	$12,090	$3,000	$12,090	$3,000
2020-2021	$12,988	$3,000	$12,988	$3,000
2021-2022	$12,988	$3,000	$12,988	$3,000
2022-2023	$13,480	$3,000	$13,480	$3,000

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $571 for Virginia residents and $1,394 for other students at Old Dominion University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.50% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Virginia Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$523	$1,320
2019-2020	$547	$1,383
2020-2021	$547	$1,383
2021-2022	$551	$1,387
2022-2023	$571	$1,394

Graduate Programs at ODU

Old Dominion University offers 127 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,352 students have completed their study at Old Dominion University.

Offered Degrees at Old Dominion University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	50	18	980
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	19	5	150
Doctor's degree - other	3	2	83
Post Bachelor's Degree	50	18	92
Post Master's Degree	5	1	47
Total	127	44	1,352

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Old Dominion University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 66 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Engineering (other) program with 115 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Education (other) program with 48 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Old Dominion University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	66	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	42	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	21	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✔	21	-
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	✔	14	-

Popular Master's Programs at Old Dominion University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering (other)	✔	115	$100,400
Engineering (other)	✔	114	$100,400
Engineering	✔	106	$73,500
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	97	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	85	$48,800

Popular Doctorate Programs at Old Dominion University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education (other)	✔	48	$72,300
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	44	-
Education (other)	✔	41	$72,300
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✔	39	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✔	39	-

Old Dominion University offers 127 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,352 students have completed their graduate studies.

980 students have earned/completed Master's program.
83 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
92 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
47 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	70 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✔	32	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	38	-
Education [+]	✔ (5 completers)	327 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	85	$48,800
Special Education and Teaching	✕	52	$43,900
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✕	0	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	44	$38,200
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	75	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	26	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	6	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	8	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	24	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✔	2	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	195 completers	$73,500
Engineering	✔	81	$73,500
Engineering (other)	✔	114	$100,400
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	28 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	7	-
Creative Writing	✕	10	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	11	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	7	-
Library Science [+]	✔ (1 completers)	51 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✔	51	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	4	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	35 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	2	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	21	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	12	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	8	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	7	-
Physics	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Psychology	✕	11	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	38 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	38	$50,800
Social Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Economics	✕	6	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	104 completers	-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	14	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	0	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✔	36	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	4	-
Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist	✕	0	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	1	-
Public Health	✔	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	49	$88,800
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	58 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	42	$68,800
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✔	2	-
Accounting	✕	14	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	980

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	61 completers	-
Community College Education	✔	13	-
Education (other)	✔	48	$72,300
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	23 completers	-
Engineering	✔	23	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (other)	✔	7	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	5	-
Ecology	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	2	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	8	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Psychology	✕	1	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	4	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Criminology	✕	2	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	5	-
	Total	150

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Engineering	✔	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	83 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	39	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	44	-
	Total	83

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	0	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Women's Studies	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (5 completers)	31 completers	-
Community College Education	✔	7	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	✔	8	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	5	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	4	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	1	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	6	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
Education (other)	✔	0	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	11 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	0	-
Computer Engineering (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	0	-
Ocean Engineering	✔	10	-
Systems Engineering	✔	1	-
Engineering (other)	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	1	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✔	2	-
General Literature	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	0	-
Computational and Applied Mathematics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✔	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	0	-
Physical Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Applied Psychology	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	2	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	1	-
Geography	✕	0	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Music Performance	✕	0	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	3 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions (other)	✕	0	-
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	✔	1	-
Public Health (other)	✔	1	-
Nursing Education	✕	0	-
Nursing Administration	✕	1	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔	23 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	✔	5	-
Transportation/Mobility Management	✔	4	-
Project Management	✔	10	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	1	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✔	3	-
	Total	92

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	44 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	42	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	1	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	2	-
	Total	47

Graduate Student Population at ODU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,816 students enrolled into Old Dominion University graduate schools where it has total 23,494 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,721 full-time and 3,095 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,898 male and 2,918 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,816	1,898	2,918
Full-time	1,721	592	1,129
Part-tme	3,095	1,306	1,789

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,734 White (56.77%), 864 Black/African American (17.94%), 294 Hispanic (6.10%), 193 Asian (4.01%), and 731 students with other races. 446 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,816	1,898	2,918
American Indian/Native American	10	5	5
Asian	193	85	108
Black/African American	864	261	603
Hispanic	294	126	168
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	4	3
White	2,734	1,038	1,696
Two More	201	83	118
Un-Known	67	40	27
Non-resident Alien	446	256	190

Old Dominion University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,749 graduate students (57.08% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 712 graduate students (14.78% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	4,816
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,749
Enrolled Some Online Courses	712
Not in Online Courses	1,355

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Old Dominion University. 850 students are aged 20 to 24 (17.65% of total students), 420 students are aged above 50 (8.72%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Old Dominion University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,816	1,898	2,918
Age 20-21	50	17	33
Age 22-24	800	287	513
Age 25-29	1,286	550	736
Age 30-34	894	389	505
Age 35-39	645	265	380
Age 40-49	721	221	500
Age 50-64	405	160	245
Over 64	15	9	6

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