Old Dominion University offers 70 bachelor's, 60 master's and 36 doctoral degree programs and 2 educational specialists degrees. The university has developed nationally recognized programs.

Students
Nearly 24,000 students are enrolled at ODU, including 18,253 undergraduates. Students hail from all 50 states, along with over 1,100 international students from 108 countries.

Faculty
Students have the opportunity to learn and work alongside Old Dominion University’s outstanding faculty. With a student to faculty ratio of 17:1, ODU’s classrooms provide the optimal learning environment. The faculty challenges and engages students, motivating them to think and perform at their best.

Academics
Old Dominion University offers a wide array of undergraduate programs, all of which meet national standards of excellence. Every Old Dominion undergraduate student follows a general education program that is designed to develop the intellectual skills of critical thinking and problem solving and to encompass the breadth of understanding needed for personal growth and achievement and for responsible citizenship. This general education program places special emphasis upon appreciation of the arts and upon understanding the perspectives of women, minorities, and non-Western cultures. Each undergraduate chooses a major program in the liberal arts or sciences or in a technological or professional field.

Old Dominion University's graduate offerings are focused on society's need for advanced professional education and on specialized programs at the master's and doctoral levels for which the institution is prepared through unusual strength of faculty or special geographic advantages. All graduate programs meet national standards of excellence.

The university strives to enhance the quality of the educational experience, wherever education is delivered, by applying emerging technologies; it also supports research to explore the impact of these technologies on the teaching-learning process. By utilizing these technologies and by partnering with institutions of higher education, corporations, and governmental entities, the university is able to provide undergraduate and graduate degree programs to students across time and geographic boundaries.