Accounting at Old Dominion University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Old Dominion University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and has a total student population of 24,286. In 2021, 98 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from Old Dominion.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Old Dominion Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at Old Dominion

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Old Dominion offers distance education options for accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Old Dominion Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Old Dominion compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Old Dominion is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	41
	192
	275
	330
	477
	844
	1,078

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Old Dominion. This makes it the #332 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Old Dominion Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $50,522. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

Accounting Student Demographics at Old Dominion

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Old Dominion University.

Old Dominion Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Old Dominion awarded 98 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Old Dominion are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	54
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Old Dominion Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 43% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Old Dominion University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Old Dominion also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

Accounting majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Old Dominion University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	112

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management
• Management Information Systems
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	41,690	$43,140
Accountants and Auditors	41,230	$85,640
Financial Managers	15,180	$164,030
Financial Analysts	8,550	$97,990
Budget Analysts	3,730	$91,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.