Old Dominion University Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 77% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 20% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 20% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 41% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.1 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• psychology
• nursing
• financial management

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Six summer sessions of varying lengths.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held throughout summer.

• 10% continue immediately.
• 15% continue within one year.
• 36% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 2%
• Medical School: 2%
• Graduate Business Programs: 7%
• Other: 25%

• NationsBank, NASA, IBM, Newport News Shipbuilding, AT&T, Texas Instruments, Internal Revenue Service, Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

• Beth Polson, Emmy award-winning producer; Mills Godwin, former governor of Virginia; William Wiley, state treasurer, Virginia; Deborah Shelton, actress; Bill Howell, corporate director of public relations, IBM; L. Glenn Perry, former chief accountant, SEC's Enforcement Division.