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Location Norfolk, VA 23529
Extended Campus Centers Peninsula Higher Education Center, Hampton
Virginia Beach Higher Education Center, Virginia Beach
Tri-Cities Center, Portsmouth
History 1930 Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary
1962 Independent institution
1969 University status
Enrollment 23,086 Total
17,330 Undergraduate; 5,756 Graduate
International: 1,400 from 106 countries
Alumni More than 100,000 in all 50 states and 73 countries
President John R. Broderick
Faculty Full-time: 717
Part-time: 449
Student-to-faculty Ratio 17 to 1
Colleges 6
Degree Programs 70 bachelor's degrees
60 master's degrees
36 doctoral degrees
2 educational specialist degrees
Distance Learning More than 50 degree programs by satellite, online, video-streaming and CD-ROM.
Research Total research and development expenditures total $87.6 million
Economic Impact Business and research initiatives contribute nearly $1 billion annually to the economy, making the University the largest generator of new jobs in the region.
Economic Outreach Applied Research Center
Center for Accelerator Physics
Center for Advanced Engineering Environments
Center for Molecular Biology
Executive Development Center
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics
Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
National Centers for System of Systems Egineering
Social Science Research Center
Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center
Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium (VCERC)
Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center
Library Fully-automated, with more than 3.3 million items
Athletics Member, Colonial Athletic Association
16 intercollegiate teams
28 team and 4 individual National Championships
Student Organizations 200
2009-2010 Tuition Rates $236 per credit hour for in-state undergraduate
$651 per credit hour for out-of-state undergraduate
$338 per credit hour for in-state graduate
$844 per credit hour for out-of-state graduate
Accreditation Old Dominion University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097: Telephone number 404 679-4501) to award baccalaureate, master's, educational specialist, and doctoral degrees.