Mechanical engineering at Old Dominion
Old Dominion graduates about 117 mechanical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 203rd of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a solid program at 45 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 42 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 54% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $88,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.95×). Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Old Dominion
Where mechanical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Systems Building, Engineering Motorsports, Engineering & Computational Sciences Building, Innovations Research Park I, Innovation Research Park II.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 25 · Athletics 12 · Student housing 9 · Dorm 7 · Arts 4 · Dining 1.
Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Old Dominion
- Education 68 · #141
- Computer science 63 · #204
- English & writing 63 · #207
- Health & pre-med fields 63 · #221
- Nursing 62 · #161
- Sociology & anthropology 59 · #252
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Old Dominion with every school we score in mechanical engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.