Enrollment Trends at ODU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,839 where 23,743 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

74.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,355 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,426 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in ODU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Old Dominion University since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 19,014 where 17,746 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Old Dominion University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,825 where 5,997 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Old Dominion University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 43.38% and the percentage of black students is 28.31% at Old Dominion University. 5.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.19% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.12% to 43.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.03% to 5.70%. Black student enrollment increased from 24.57% to 28.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.61% to 10.19%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7134 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6890 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Old Dominion University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

8,616 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 84.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Old Dominion University from 2015 to 2025.